Gordon, who is a sports columnist for stltoday.com, and
partner Brian McKenna were broadcasting from Bruno’s American Grill, when Gordon became ill and fainted.
“It was really frightening,’’ McKenna told Dan Caesar at stltoday.com. “He wasn’t
feeling well all day but he wasn’t vomiting and I don’t think he had a fever.
But he was dehydrated . . . It was such an important day to be on the air, but
I said, ‘Gordo, why don’t you just go home? He said, ‘No no, I feel fine.’ But
toward the end of the first segment he started getting white. He looked at me,
he put his hand up like 'I can’t do this right now.’ He put his head on his
laptop (computer) and the next thing I know he went to his left and he blacked
out. He hit the (floor), he was on his back.’’
A Brentwood firefighter and emergency medical technician was in
the building and got Gordon on his
feet.
Gordon was given some fluids and food, and after sitting up
for about an hour was able to go home.
Early Thursday night, Gordon said he was feeling better.
“It was an after-affect of either the flu or some food
poisoning,’’ he said. “I just suddenly had a blackout there, was able to shake
it off and get home.’’
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