Photo courtesy UTMBGreat news for Galveston residents: The UT board of regents has voted to keep UTMB on the island.The bad news: They still have to get funding from the legislature to do so, and are throwing around figures like "a billion dollars over time."But that's another bridge to cross, at another time. For now, the impassioned outburst from the island has succeeded where a lot of people thought it might not -- rebuilding the hospital and medical school after it was ravaged by Ike.Not lon
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www.myspace.com/daveraskWord has hit Rocks Off that local strummer Dave Rask is currently a patient in the burn unit at Galveston's John Sealy Hospital, being treated for trauma on over 90% of his body due to a gasoline burn.
Details surrounding Rask's condition and the circumstances of his injuries are scattered, and a representative of the hospital would only release limited information.
Rocks Off spoke with Cassie Lynn Lee, a close friend of Rask's and wife of musician Taylor Lee, about Rask'
www.myspace.com/daveraskWord has hit Rocks Off that local strummer Dave Rask is currently a patient in the burn unit at Galveston's John Sealy Hospital, being treated for trauma on over 90 percent of his body due to a gasoline burn.
Details surrounding Rask's condition and the circumstances of his injuries are scattered, and a representative of the hospital would only release limited information.Our sister blog Rocks Off spoke with Cassie Lynn Lee, a close friend of Rask's and wife of musician T
www.myspace.com/daveraskRocks Off has learned that Houston singer-songwriter Dave Rask, who sustained severe burns earlier this week and was rushed to Galveston's John Sealy Hospital, passed away from his injuries earlier today. He was 27.
"It threw us all off - we weren't expecting anything like this to happen," Rask's friend and bandmate Farrak Hallaron says. "It's been a pretty horrifying day."
A Seabrook native, Rask played in Death by Texas (formerly Midnight Pilots), Barstool Forest and mo
