Matt Allen

18 years ago, Tanisha woke up the house with pots and pans in 'Bad Girls Club'

Brittanie Cecil is the only fan fatality in NHL history. On 16 March 2002, David and Jody Cecil took their thirteen-year-old daughter Brittanie to see the Columbus Blue Jackets play the Calgary Flames at Nationwide Arena. The tickets were an early birthday present, she was turning fourteen in four days. They had good seats, fifteen rows up behind the goal. About eight minutes into the second period, Blue Jackets forward Espen Knutsen took a shot that was deflected at the last moment by Calgary defenseman Derek Morris. The puck sailed over the protective glass at roughly 100 miles per hour and struck Brittanie in the left temple, snapping her head back violently. She got up and walked out of the arena under her own power, a coat pressed to her head. The game carried on. The Blue Jackets won. Fans went home happy. At the hospital, a CT scan was performed but failed to detect that she had a torn vertebral artery. She appeared to be recovering, she was still communicative, still holding the puck that had hit her while sitting in her hospital bed. Everyone assumed it was a scare. A bad one, but a scare. On 18 March 2002, Brittanie Cecil died at 5:15pm after developing a high fever and losing consciousness. The torn artery had caused severe clotting and her brain had swollen. She was the first and only fan fatality in 85 years of NHL history. The netting you now see hanging above the glass behind the goals at every hockey rink in the world exists because of Brittanie Cecil. The player who took the original shot, Espen Knutsen, was never the same. His coach said the incident ended his career. He retired three years later having played just 45 more games. He told reporters he thought about it all the time.

@MorbidKnowledge I remember this, scary stuff because I was 14 or 15 when this happened.

@your_medicalguy Looking with good

The Sun loves and I love it back😁

☀️ Today in Utqiagvik (the northernmost city in the United States), the sun rose above the horizon at 2:57 AM and won’t set again for 84 straight days or until August 2nd! Here's a look at a timelapse showing the sunset and sunrise this morning. #akwx

When the world first reported on camera phones back in 2001

@_izeah 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

I have no energy left in me.

This old fire station on Notre Dame Ave opened in 1904 - when they still fought fires 🔥 with horses! And believe it or not, the horses drank from the fountains that are STILL outside the station today! ROUND THE BEND ON THE WALK: Fire Station 7

Today, tomorrow, and forever - we remember & pay homage to Timothy Francis Jones, better known as the late great DJ TIMBUCK2. A career in Chicago & a love for our music, his legacy will last for lifetimes ahead. Oct. 22, 1981 - Dec 19, 2015 #ChicagoHistory ☑️

@Chicago_History Definitely remember listening to him. Thanks for this post

In the 90s this was peak luxury on buses

@Xavier_ThatsAll Oh wow

@facebh18 Diana Ross was reportedly not the nicest person back then.

Love the movie, but once I found out the back story...I side eye it

He’s right.

@MrCouture Hey 👋🏿

If you can see this post, say hi.

“Yes ma’am. I’m Robert Provost”… Pope Leo calls his bank to change his address. She asks several security qs:”what’s your SS number? He gave it to her”. But when she’s told it’s the Pope? She slams the phone down (thinking prank). Leo’s brother John was on the call:

Not the Peter Pan 11s 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The elders are tired of fighting old battles. My heart goes out to her. Then Mother Nature took over. Look at that Bentley.

Girl, I am with you.