Quotable: Keith Jones on Saving Eric Lindros's Life

By now you've probably heard the amazing story of how Keith Jones, winger for the Flyers and linemate/road roommate of Eric Lindros, found the oft-concussed star shivering in a cold bath one night. From the wiki:

During an April 1, 1999 game against the Nashville Predators, Lindros suffered what was diagnosed as a rib injury. Later that night, the teammate he was sharing a hotel room with, Keith Jones,
discovered Lindros lying in a tub, pale and cold. In a call to the
Flyers, the trainer was told to put Lindros on a plane that was
returning to Philadelphia with injured team mate Mark Recchi.
But Jones insisted that Lindros be taken to a nearby hospital and it
was discovered Lindros had a collapsed lung caused by internal bleeding
of his chest wall. It was estimated he'd bled out more than half his
body's total blood volume. Lindros's father wrote the Flyers a letter
in which he stated that if the trainer had followed team orders, Eric
would be dead (a statement supported by the doctors who treated him in
Nashville).

Nine years later, Lindros has retired into obscurity, and Jones is one of the best hockey analysts in the business. Anyone who's followed Jonesy will tell you, he hasn't lost a beat with the sense of humor he displayed on the ice and in the locker room. So what'd he have to say when Comcast SportsNet host Michael Barkann dropped an impromptu mention of the event during a Flyers season-wrap package?

Wow. Jonesy!