A Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant sustained permanent paralysis from the waist down after he was injured when the team’s indoor practice facility collapsed in a severe storm Saturday. The team announced Sunday that the assistant, Rich Behm, was in stable condition at Parkland Hospital after surgery to stabilize a fracture that severed his spinal cord.
The 33-year-old Behm was among a dozen people hurt in the accident, and was one of three Cowboys staffers who remained hospitalized. Joe DeCamillis, the special-teams coach, sustained a fracture of one of his cervical vertebrae without paralysis. The assistant athletic trainer Greg Gaither, 35, had surgery to repair fractures in his right leg.
"To the Behm family we extend our love, comfort, and the full support of every person and resource within the organization," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in a statement. "Rich is a courageous member of our family and someone for whom we care deeply. We ask for all friends and fans of the Dallas Cowboys to join us in embracing him and his family with their thoughts and prayers at this very difficult time."Behm has a brother who works in the Cowboys television department.
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