Marquis Cooper

Marquis Cooper's boat, right, is towed into the Bay Pines boat ramp Wednesday night, March 4, 2009 in St. Petersburg, Fla. A note to call the Clearwater police sits on the windshield of a pickup truck and boat trailer owned by NFL player Marquis Cooper parked at the Seminole St. boat ramp in Clearwater, Fla. Two NFL players might have taken off their life vests after their hopes of being rescued at sea faded as they clung to their capsized boat, according to Coast Guard records on the...Read Full Story

The sole survivor of a February boating accident that killed two NFL players and a former college player said he's still haunted daily by "survivor's guilt" and wonders why he was the one who lived. "I still ask every day, 'Why me?'" Nick Schuyler, 24, said in an interview scheduled to air Tuesday night on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel." "The hardest time of day for me is at nighttime," he said. "I toss and turn, and your mind's weak. You get started thinking about everything, the...Read Full Story

Browse > Home / In the News / NFL Players Boat Capsized Because Of Improper Anchoring March 27, 2009 …According to The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the fishing boat carrying Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, NFL free agent Corey Smith and former University of South Florida players William Bleakley and Nick Schuyler, capsized last month because it was improperly anchored. In this Coast Guard photo, Nick Schuyler clings to the overturned...Read Full Story

The sole survivor of a Florida boating accident that killed two NFL players and a former college football player is releasing a book about the tragedy. Nick Schuyler recounts the details of the February 2009 fishing trip on the Gulf of Mexico in a book titled "Not Without Hope." It's due out Tuesday. Schuyler was one of four men on the 21-foot fishing boat that tipped over on the open Gulf. The cold, stormy waters claimed the lives of Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, free-agent NFL...Read Full Story

Nick Schuyler tells Oprah rift with Marquis Cooper's Click on hotznews.com – FREE to watch Nick Schuyler tells Oprah rift with Marquis Cooper's family " the hardest thing for me right now." Nick-schuyler-and oprah4-300×205 Nick Schuyler has already faced criticism for writing a book about the boating accident which killed three of his friends in the Gulf of Mexico one year ago — with the family of one deceased buddy, nick schuyler From: inulyasong Views: 0 0 ratings...Read Full Story