Nov 18, 2009 7:24 am US/Central
Steelers Fan Says Bears Fans Poisoned Him
Zack Heddinger Is Now Blind, Brain Damaged
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Pittsburgh Steelers fan Zack Heddinger claims he was poisoned by some Bears fans at Kitty O'Shea's in Chicago.
CBS
A Pittsburgh Steelers fan says he was left nearly blind and brain damaged after being poisoned, and he blames some Bears fans he met in Chicago.
Zack Heddinger says he and some friends got into a heated argument with several Bears fans at Kitty O'Shea's in the Chicago Hilton and Towers, 720 S. Michigan Ave., last September.
But afterward, Heddinger says the Bears fans suggested a truce and offered to buy drinks.
A short time later at his hotel, Heddinger began to feel ill and had to be rushed to the hospital. Doctors at Rush University Medical Center suspected his drink was spiked with something toxic.
Heddinger says the incident left him nearly blind, and suffering from brain damage.
Unlike ethanol, or grain alcohol, which we consume in beverages, methanol, or wood alcohol, is highly poisonous. As little as 10 mL will cause blindness, and 100 mL can be fatal.
It is not clear whether Heddinger ingested wood alcohol. A Chicago Sun-Times report quoted him as saying he suspected it was "antifreeze or something."
Heddinger's family has hired a lawyer but, says they're waiting for the police to conclude an investigation.
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