Baseball fan dies

[Bunnykid68]

Fan dies in fall from stands at Texas Rangers game - MLB - Sporting News

 

[littletommy]

What a horrible thing. I'm almost in tears thinking of his poor child watching him fall. Just horrible.

 

[Naptown]

wow, that would be aweful to to have been the one who threw that to him. What a freak accident.

 

[indykid]

Was on the TV news at noon. Our wonderful WISH TV showed the poor guy going over the rail, but WTHR refused to as it was "too graphic".

My prayers do go out for the family of a guy who was just trying to do something special for his kid, and unfortunately turned a great father- son outing into a horror story.

 

[Loar]

This story really gets to me. Apparently he was a firefighter who was - I think - 39 years old. I can only imagine him promising his son that he would get him a ball if one came close. Puts a knot in my stomach.

 

[Bunnykid68]

He was conscious when they loaded him up. Died en route.

 

[jblomenberg16]

WOW...sad story. Sounds like the fall didn't kill him (directly) either. He was awake and alert and died of cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital.

 

[04DarkShadowGT]

I feel bad for the player, that guy has been through a LOT of stuff to become one of the best MLB players and get his life squared away and now has to deal with the guilt of this.

 

[! twitty]

Did anyone else happen to notice that another firefighter fell from an upper deck a year ago? What is up with that?

 

[indykid]

I believe I heard on the TV news that the Texas Rangers organization as started a scholarship fund for the son. Very nice of them.


How really really sad. When I was a kid growing up in New York City, my dad took me to see the Yanks many times. I can't imagine what it must have been like to watch your dad go over the side!

 

[wrigleycub]

wow, that would be aweful to to have been the one who threw that to him. What a freak accident.

Josh Hamilton is possibly the absolute worst to have that happen to also. This situation is extremely sad on many different levels for so many people that were present.

 

[Prometheus]

Did anyone else happen to notice that another firefighter fell from an upper deck a year ago? What is up with that?

Taking action... I did a lot of stupid %^& back when I was. Consequences? What's that?

Man, that poor kid....