Keeping Vigil for Ben Roethlisberger

One thing you can count on in Pittsburgh is that people keep things in perspective. Take Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's motorcycle accident yesterday, for instance. The rest of the world kept on turning, but time stopped in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, One of America's Great Newspapers, updated its website several times, even last night when Big Ben came out of surgery. They didn't even talk about the weather for 10 minutes on the TV News. Not that we didn't need to know if Thursday's high is going to be the same in Wexford as it will be in Monroeville. But there just wasn't time for it. There is no other news in Pittsburgh. There is no other topic of conversation.

And now, finally, Nichol Mitchell has found a cause worthy of tailgating, er, keeping vigil for. Here she is outside Mercy Hospital. Mitchell and some friends vowed last night to maintain their vigil outside Mercy Hospital until Big Ben is released.


This doesn't appear to be one of those vigils that involves fasting.