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Posted at 9:29 a.m., Wednesday, May 6, 2009

NFL: Cowboys staffer hurt in collapse out of hospital

Associated Press

IRVING, Texas — A Dallas Cowboys assistant athletic trainer who sustained a broken leg in the collapse of the team's practice facility has been released from the hospital.

Greg Gaither was released from Baylor University Medical Center on Wednesday, the team said.

Gaither was one of a dozen people injured Saturday when the team's tent-like structure collapsed during a severe storm. Gaither underwent surgery Saturday night to repair a fracture in the tibia and fibula of his right leg.

Two Cowboys staffers remain at Parkland Hospital. Rich Behm, a scouting assistant, was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed, and new special teams coach Joe DeCamillis had surgery Monday to repair vertebrae in his back.