<![CDATA[Bears fans poison Steeler fan??]]>Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on November 18, 2009 2:36 PM ET

Steelers fan Zack Heddinger says he was blinded at a Chicago bar by Bears fans after some trash talking gone awry.

Heddinger was in the Windy City for the Steelers 17-14 loss to Chicago in Week Two.

"Basically, I guess, my buddies had gotten into an altercation and they offered a drink as a peacemaker from what I understand," Heddinger said.

That's where things get weird.

According to ABC4 in Pittsburgh, Heddinger passed out and his heart stopped four times after he was rushed to a local hospital. Initially, doctors just thought he was drunk. But they quickly suspected something else was up.

Police are now investigating the incident, and the local bar, Kitty O'Shea's, is fully cooperating. Doctors now believe his drink could have been spiked with toxic grain alcohol.

Heddinger says he can't remember what happened that day, but hasn't been able to see since. He's taking oxygen treatments to recover his part of his eyesight, but doctors aren't very hopeful.

"I don't think they tried to kill me. I think they tried to hurt me, but the killing came pretty close," said Heddinger.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/8751/bears-fans-poison-steeler-fanRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 13:56:58 GMTThu, 19 Nov 2009 16:55:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:00:39 GMT]]>I'd go back to that bar and wait for that bear fan to show up, then I would proceed to rearrange his face. You know what I mean vern?

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@djhero said:

you can't stop Steeler Nation. We own the NFL!!!

We all knew that after watching the super bowl in 05 after the Seattle game.

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@djhero said:

you can't stop Steeler Nation. We own the NFL!!!

What does this delusion have to do with this thread?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138842https://brownsboard.com/post/138842Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:08:02 GMT]]>you can't stop Steeler Nation. We own the NFL!!!

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@dawgtracker said:

You are giving them the benefit of the doubt. They probably didn't care what the consequences were and might have known exactly what could happen

Yea, perhaps I am giving them the benefit of the doubt. I just don't think they intended to blind someone. I just can't believe that would be the case. Were they stupid and pulling a foolish prank to try to get the guy wasted drunk? Perhaps, but did they have evil intent? I just can't really think that was the case.

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@the-gipper said:

You are an apparent fool for not being able to comprehend what I am saying. I am saying simply that 'spiking the punch' with alcohol as these guys apparently did had far more serious consequences than these guys intended. The serious result of this guy getting blinded I am sure was probably unforseeable or at least unforseen to them. .

You are giving them the benefit of the doubt. They probably didn't care what the consequences were and might have known exactly what could happen

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Formerly Stone said:

One of my favorite lines of all time! But didn't he tell Kostner to send two of theirs to the morgue?

I thought he said one, but, then again, I haven't seen that movie in almost 10 years.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138789https://brownsboard.com/post/138789Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:04:50 GMT]]>"They shend one of oursh to the hoshpital, we shend one of theirsh to the morgue. That'sh the Chicago way"

-Sean Connery

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Formerly Stone said:

Does this mean I am not shity or I am the definition of shity? 😕 And wouldn't shity be spelled shitty? 😁

You are ok in my book.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138783https://brownsboard.com/post/138783Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:59 GMT]]>With the exception of Formerly Stone.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138780https://brownsboard.com/post/138780Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:23:32 GMT]]>And I thought only Pittsburgh fans were shity

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@clevelandfanforlife said:

wow i may not like steeler's fans, but wow. making another guy blind isn't that bad? how could anyone say that? this is horrible. anyone who thinks this isn't so bad is ridiculous. imagine if this had happened to a brown's fan: how would you feel then? imagine if it happened to you and you were blind... because of a football game. how would you feel then?

at least id never have to watch the browns "play" football again

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138777https://brownsboard.com/post/138777Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:09:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:56:57 GMT]]>wow i may not like steeler's fans, but wow. making another guy blind isn't that bad? how could anyone say that? this is horrible. anyone who thinks this isn't so bad is ridiculous. imagine if this had happened to a brown's fan: how would you feel then? imagine if it happened to you and you were blind... because of a football game. how would you feel then?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138758https://brownsboard.com/post/138758Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:56:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:44:01 GMT]]>That's what he gets....

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Formerly Stone said:

The guy is blind! For someone who acts like he wants to kill a football player for having a collision with your man lover you seem to be awful passive about this.......you are obviously in need of counseling.

You are an apparent fool for not being able to comprehend what I am saying. I am saying simply that 'spiking the punch' with alcohol as these guys apparently did had far more serious consequences than these guys intended. The serious result of this guy getting blinded I am sure was probably unforseeable or at least unforseen to them. That doesn't lessen the seriousness of the consequence

The intent and the consequences of lacing somebodies food/drink with LSD are more apparent. Normally you would think there would far greater chances of harmful side effects from the drug as opposed to the alcohol. After all, the guy did know that he was being bought a "drink". Apparently however the potency of that drink was far beyond either parties comprehension.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138755https://brownsboard.com/post/138755Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:21:12 GMT]]>It's really too bad it wasn't fatal

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@ballpeen said:

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on November 18, 2009 2:36 PM ET

Steelers fan Zack Heddinger says he was blinded at a Chicago bar by Bears fans after some trash talking gone awry.

Heddinger was in the Windy City for the Steelers 17-14 loss to Chicago in Week Two.

"Basically, I guess, my buddies had gotten into an altercation and they offered a drink as a peacemaker from what I understand," Heddinger said.

That's where things get weird.

According to ABC4 in Pittsburgh, Heddinger passed out and his heart stopped four times after he was rushed to a local hospital. Initially, doctors just thought he was drunk. But they quickly suspected something else was up.

Police are now investigating the incident, and the local bar, Kitty O'Shea's, is fully cooperating. Doctors now believe his drink could have been spiked with toxic grain alcohol.

Heddinger says he can't remember what happened that day, but hasn't been able to see since. He's taking oxygen treatments to recover his part of his eyesight, but doctors aren't very hopeful.

"I don't think they tried to kill me. I think they tried to hurt me, but the killing came pretty close," said Heddinger.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138745https://brownsboard.com/post/138745Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:37 GMT]]>remind me to never piss off a bears fan...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138744https://brownsboard.com/post/138744Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:09:28 GMT]]>That's the Chicago way on the football side.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138743https://brownsboard.com/post/138743Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:09:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:54:56 GMT]]>Wow its unbelievable that any fans of any sport besides maybe euro soccer would actually do something like this...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138723https://brownsboard.com/post/138723Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:54:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:54:08 GMT]]>They may have been horsing around and had no idea of the severity consequences of their action. I suspect many of us have at some point had some "Autumn Leaves" which includes grain alcohol as the main ingredient. These Bears fans may have just thought they were "spiking the punch", but they had no idea this guys reaction would be so serious. It is probably not as bad, say, as someone lacing another persons food with LSD.

I mean, we have had the likes of Don Rogers and Len Bias die from taking cocaine. I suspect they had no clue how serious their reactions to those drugs would be....but, death is pretty damn serious.

Lesson learned: don't go putting foreign substances in someone else's consumables. You may think it is a big joke, but it could be a serious matter. I mean, some people could actually die if you put peanut butter in their food unknowingly.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138573https://brownsboard.com/post/138573Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:54:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:15:04 GMT]]>I hope those bears fans get burned at the stake.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138513https://brownsboard.com/post/138513Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:15:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:14:17 GMT]]>That's messed up on any level. What are the odds you think the person or persons will get caught ?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/138512https://brownsboard.com/post/138512Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:14:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bears fans poison Steeler fan?? on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:51:39 GMT]]>Very sad indeed.

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