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Baseball fan tries to fetch ball, falls to his death
Accidents happen. Some are fatal. But few are so unfortunate as to resemble something from the Perry Bible Fellowship.
Seeing the guy fall head first to his death is itself very shocking, but the more I think about it, the worse I feel about his 6-year-old son watching his father's demise like that - and originally for his own benefit. I can't even begin to imagine what sort of thoughts have been racing through the player's head ever since. Only one question comes to mind as I read about this: Why the hell aren't there safety nets in ballparks?!
| quote: |  Texas Baseball Fan Shannon Stone Asked About Son Before Dying
'Y'all need to check on my son,' Texas Rangers fan
Sharron Stone reportedly said after falling from the
stands while trying to catch a ball for his young son
during Thursday night's game at Arlington Stadium,
according to witness Margie Hargis.
Moments later Stone suffered a fatal heart attack.
The Texas Rangers flew flags at half staff at Friday
night's game and have begun a memorial fund for
Stone's family.
Stone, 39, a Brownwood, Texas, firefighter, with his
6-year-old son Cooper at his side, reached out to
catch a ball tossed toward him by Rangers outfielder
Josh Hamilton. He reached too far, tumbling over a
railing 20 feet head first onto concrete below.
"Behind me I heard somebody say, 'Hamilton, how
about the next one?' You know I got the next one, and
threw it in that direction," Hamilton said.
Stone was bleeding badly and worried about his little
boy.
His family issued a handwritten statement, saying,
"The Stone family is devastated by this tragedy. The
family appreciates your thoughts, kind words, prayers
and asks that you respect their privacy during this
difficult time."
There is also concern for Josh Hamilton, the player
who tossed the ball. He's battled his way back from
addiction, and now has to deal with potential feelings
of guilt over what happened.
"I can't imagine how the Stone family is feeling and my
heart, my sympathies and prayers go out to them,"
Hamilton said.
At last night's game, with flags flying at half staff,
players and fans paid silent tribute.
"We ask that all fans could please rise and please
remove your caps," the announcement said.
Rangers team president Nolan Ryan said at a press
conference that the tragedy "was one of the saddest
things I've ever seen in a ballpark. It goes down to the basic roots of who we are and what we stand for."
He said Thursday night that Hamilton was "very
distraught over this, as the entire team is," and today
Ryan said that the players would be offered
counseling, and if any player "felt they needed some
time away, we would certainly be open to that."
This isn't the first accident at the Rangers' stadium.
Last year, another fan fell reaching for a ball and
fractured his skull.
Ryan said a study had been done last year of the
ballpark's railings after the fan suffered serious
injuries in the fall.
"They exceeded code," he said. "Because of that ... we
felt what we had was adequate.
"We're going to look into anything we can do to make
our stands safe for our fans," he said.
ABC News' Kevin Dolak and Dan Childs contributed to
this report. |
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