Jeff Fisher: ‘This Is a Tragic Moment for Anyone Who Knew and Loved Steve’

Sun, Jul 5, 2009

Steve McNair played for Jeff Fisher for 11 seasons, including a trip to the Super Bowl in 1999. On Saturday, Fisher, who was in the Persian Gulf as part of the inaugural NFL-USO Tour, learned that McNair was dead.

“I am deeply saddened and at this point do not have the words to describe this loss,” Fisher said. “It is an extremely emotional moment and I don’t have the words to explain how I am feeling. I ask people to please pray for Mechelle and the entire McNair family. This is a tragic moment for his family, and it is a tragic moment for anyone who knew and loved Steve.”

There is much to sort out in the investigation, although more details have emerged. McNair died of multiple gunshot wounds. Twenty-year-old Sahel Kazemi, also in the Nashville condominium where McNair’s body was …