A crowd of students at the University of Pennsylvania before the statue of Joe Paterno on Sunday morning, braving freezing temperatures to honor the legendary former coach in a crisis.
Some snow shovels so that others can go up and touch the outstretched hand of the Paterno statue.
Paterno (85 years) in a critical condition at Mount Nittany Medical Faculty of the State, Pennsylvania, after suffering from lung cancer and a broken pelvis.
"In recent days, Joe Paterno has health complications. Doctors characterized the situation as serious," said family spokesman Dan McGinn Saturday. "I have no comment on the situation of his family and calls for respect for their privacy during this difficult time."
Relatives said Paterno (85 years) was able to communicate on Saturday night.
Jay Paterno Twitter that he was going from a statue of a Saturday night. "I just said my father all about love and support - that inspired him," he wrote.
His brother, Scott, Tweet sent a report saying that his father had died was "wrong." The family was upset by the lack of information, a source close to them, he said.
Several sites on Saturday night that he died later in the Paterno apologized for the error, including the State of Pennsylvania State University student news website forward, the first of the report misleading.
"For the community of Penn State and Paterno family, in particular, can not be more sorry for the emotional turmoil which I'm sure that we have a reason," wrote Devon Edwards, editor of the front. "No excuses for all. What we did wrong, but it is impossible to get rid of one of this size."
The site was initially attributed the information from multiple sources of unknown identity. Saturday night, said he was "still trying to find out where our operation failed."
Edwards said he would resign for the error.
Paterno was launched in November, amid anger over the handling of allegations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who faces more than 50 counts of sexual acts with 10 children since 1994. Sandusky has been recognized not guilty.
The family had said earlier that Paterno treatable form of cancer. In December, has been admitted to hospital after suffering a broken hip when he slid and fell at his home in State College.
Less than 46 years of leadership of Paterno, the Nittany Lions won two national championships and went undefeated five times and finished the 25 national ranking 35 times higher, according to his autobiography, the official in the state of Pennsylvania.
Chapter at a time when Paterno, vice president of administration John B. Surma said the school expects 95,000 students and hundreds of thousands of students who believe that this decision "is in the interest of long-term for the University, which is much more than athletics."
Paterno said the Washington Post this month that he was unable to deal with the complaint of violations against Sandusky.
"I do not know exactly how to deal with it, and I was afraid that nothing can endanger the whole procedure from the university was" Paterno said Post. "So I stood again and delivered them to some people, and people who are believed to have slightly more experience than me. Does not work that way."
Speaking of former coach hoarse voice during the interview - Paterno first sit down and wide since the shooting.
A graduate of Penn State assistant Mike McQueary grand jury last year that saw Sandusky "with a man in the bathroom and it was a dangerous sexual acts and so he was wrong and on the line." He said he had gone to Paterno with what he saw.
He said Paterno was not informed of the details of drawing and revealed in a report issued by a grand jury, but nevertheless, reported the allegations to the boss, then-athletic director Tim Curley.
Not accused Curley and Gary Schultz, former vice president of the university, perjury and failure to report allegations of ill-treatment, and police do not know for several years. He admitted they were not guilty.
"You know, he did not want to be specific," said Paterno about McQueary. "And to be honest with you I do not know I had done any good, because I've never heard of the rape and a man, so I did what I thought was best. I talked to people he thought he could, if the problem is, it will follow that," he told the The Washington Post.
"I called my bosses and said," Hey, we have a problem, I think, do you guys consider that? "I do not know, you know ... I did not have to deal with something. And I did not feel right," said Paterno.
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