Father Takes Tragic Fall After Trying To Catch Foul Ball For His Son

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Absolutely horrible news to wake up to. He was a Lieutenant in the Brownwood, TX FD.

Man was reaching for ball tossed into stands by player

By RICHARD ABSHIRE

Staff Writer - Dallas Morning News

Published 07 July 2011 08:26 PM

A fan reaching to catch a ball died after he fell over the left-field wall at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington during the second inning of Thursday night’s game.

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Full Article describing what happened: Rangers Fan Dies After Plunging 20 Feet

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Shannon Stone 18 year member of the Brownwood Fire Department has passed away from falling at the Texas Rangers baseball game. He was reaching for a ball thrown from Josh Hamilton (Ex-Hudson Valley Renegade) when he flipped over the rail and fell 20 feet down. He was transported and passed away at the hospital. My prayers go out to our brothers family especially his 6 year old son, who was at the game. our fellow brothers and sisters from his department. Also to Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers Team. This is a very tragic event. RIP Brother!!!

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Thomas

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That's terrible all around.

Stories like that really suck. Your heart has to go out to the poor kid & Josh Hamilton who I am sure is beating himself up over it.

RIP.