Fan Dies at the Braves Game
A fan watching the Atlanta Braves play baseball the other night fell down a stairwell that was estimated 150 feet long and the fan did not survive this fall. It’s right now being reported that the fan was under the influence of alcohol and an investigation is pending into the matter. The Atlanta Braves and their organization did release a statement and they are sorry for what happened and offered the family of the fan their condolences. It really does cast a dark shadow over the series between the Atlanta Braves and one of their biggest rivals the New York Mets.
It’s amazing that a fan could die in this fashion in today’s time and the way sports arenas are constructed. You know that a place that had a professional baseball game being played and in the heart of Atlanta, that medical personnel would have been on the matter quickly and all the hospitals and care in the city of Atlanta, it is amazing that someone could actually die from a fall like this. A person falling down is one of the leading causes of injuries in our nation. You can even consider it serious injuries in a lot of cases, but to have death as a result of a fall for someone that is 25 years old is very rare. I can only assume that head injuries played a part in this and perhaps an underlying medical condition that the fan might have been under. It truly is a sad state for this man’s family and to lose a loved one that went to just see a baseball game. Some reports have said that the man might have been sliding down the hand rails at Turner Field, but even consider that and perhaps the involvement of alcohol; no one could have imagined that a fall like this would result in death. I’m sure talks are already under way for preventing this type of thing from happening in the future and even Major League Baseball might play a part in this to have alcohol sales reduce at all baseball stadiums in the country.
