Sunday afternoon at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, a man fell from an elevated walkway during a game. Gordon Shyy, San Francisco police spokesman, said that the witnesses who saw him fall from the walkway onto the sidewalk, a short time after 1:30, said that he appeared to be intoxicated. He was given first aid before an ambulance arrived, but he was later officially pronounced dead. Bob Lange, the spokesman of the 49ers stated that the team learned of this accident outside of the stadium. The stadium will close after this season, being replaced with a shopping center. This isn't the only case of this happening. There have been more than 24 cases of falling accidents at U.S. stadiums in the last 10 years.
The way I see it, safety wasn't the big issue in this incident. If the man was really intoxicated, like the witnesses said he was, then he wasn't paying attention to what was going on around him, his vision was affected, and he was careless and thoughtless enough to fall from this rail. If I was the guy who owned Candlestick Park, I would spend money to make the rail safer, so this wouldn't happen again. This article didn't just tell about the Candlestick Park fan. The author, "The Assocated Press", told about other recent incidents similar to this, like Ronald Lee Homer Jr, who fell 85 feet at Turner Field in Atlanta. Me, hearing about deaths like this, found this somewhat peculiar that this has been happening quite frequently lately. The article was written, because this is a weird event, and sort of a cautionary tale to "sports-goers". It's relevant and could help us in our culture to be more careful at: malls, stadiums, large buildings, etc.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/09/fan-dies-after-fall-at-packers-4ers-game/
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