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YoshiPikachu
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09 Jul 2011, 6:38 pm

http://kstp.com/sports/stories/S2190645.shtml?cat=7

This is so horrible, I feel sorry for the family.


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09 Jul 2011, 6:58 pm

A few of my friends were at the game, and another family I know was sitting like 3 rows behind him. I'm pretty sure that's the 2nd serious fall at a Rangers game in the past year.



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09 Jul 2011, 11:11 pm

There is a video of the fall on youtube.
I feel so sorry for his son seeing him fall to his death.
Oh, and last year another fan and also a firefighter fell 30 ft but survived.



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09 Jul 2011, 11:43 pm

I know so do I.


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10 Jul 2011, 5:47 am

YoshiPikachu wrote:
http://kstp.com/sports/stories/S2190645.shtml?cat=7

This is so horrible, I feel sorry for the family.


Their day was totally ruined.

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10 Jul 2011, 11:03 am

A heart-breaking tragedy.

Those railings are so low and the stairways so steep in the upper decks. I've always been amazed that this doesn't happen more often.



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10 Jul 2011, 12:18 pm

CaroleTucson wrote:
A heart-breaking tragedy.

Those railings are so low and the stairways so steep in the upper decks. I've always been amazed that this doesn't happen more often.


I know what you mean.


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