I felt it was appropriate to pass along the unfortunate news of former RMU Student Athlete Josh O'Bannon's passing this morning. This article was written on Colonial's Corner by Andrew Chiappazzi. Andrew followed the RMU Football team for the past few seasons and knew most of the players well, I felt that I could share what Andrew wrote:
"The Robert Morris family is hurting today. Former Colonials defensive back Josh O'Bannon passed away early this morning. His family has posted information regarding his passing on his Facebook Page. If you are a student at Robert Morris, you can look up his page by searching for "Josh OB" in Facebook.
If you are not a student, here is some of what his sister posted early this morning:
"For those of you that dont know, Josh "OB" Obannon passed away this morning. He was surrounded by his family, friends, and military family. He had been working so hard to join the National Guard. While he was at drill this past weekend, he collapsed on the obstacle course. They brought him to Riverside Hospital. The doctors told us that his muscles were breaking down and that he was serverly dehydrated. When we first saw him arounn 1230pm he was alert, talking and on his way for more treatment in ICU. Everyone rushed to his bedside. Almost 15 hours later, his body couldnt handle all the things that were happening to him. He passed away around 4am this morning."As you can imagine, there has already been an outpouring of support and well-wishes from friends of "OB". He was a tremendous presence on the football field, if not for his talent then definitely for his personality. He was definitely a guy that you got the impression enjoyed every minute of life with a wide smile on his face.
If his family or Robert Morris gives anything out about arrangements or anything and I find out, I'll pass it along."
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