Un man fell from Muro Clemente, about 21 feet in height in the right garden of the PNC Park During this Wednesday’s match between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs.
He creepy moment happened just after Andrew McCutchen He hit a double two-run tug in the seventh inning to give the advantage to the locals 4-3. when the fan fell, the players began to call the medical staff frantically and to point to the man, who rushed on the warning strip.
The fan was treated for approximately five minutes by the medical teams of both novenas, as well as by personnel of PNC Parkbefore being removed from the field in a cart.
After the fall, the Pirates They published a statement shortly after the end of the party indicating that the man was transferred to Allegheny General Hospital. No more details were given about their health status.
A moment that shuddered the entire PNC Park
He Pirates manager, Derek Sheltonand the Cubs manager, Craig CounsellThey alerted the referees team about the situation immediately after the play.
“Even if I was 106 meters away, or whatever, I mean how it fell and then it was still while the play was developed; Craig saw it, I saw it. We both came out,” Shelton said at the end of the game. “I think the referees saw him because of the way he kicked. It’s a pity. I stay short.”
The television cameras also captured players from both teams praying, while McCutchen He held a cross hanging from the neck at the time when the fan was removed from the field. The party stopped several minutes while attending the man, but an official interruption was not necessary.
“I didn’t see anything happened, but I saw Counsell’s face when he went out to the field, and I realized that it was a very scary moment,” He said the Cubs campocort, Dansby Swanson. “We could only pray for a good and strong recovery for him and his family. He had never gone through something like that before and I hope not to happen again for something like that.”
And he added: “It is a humble reminder of gratitude that we should all feel about playing this sport. People, obviously, come to support us, and are one of the main reasons why we can do what we do. Obviously, it is difficult. At a time like this, you want the fans to know that you love it,”
This is not the first time that such an accident occurs:
In 2015, Gregory K. Murrey, subscriber of the Braves of Atlanta, fell above the railings from the upper stands of the Turner Field. Four years earlier, Shannon Stone, a firefighter who attended a game with his 6 -year -old son, fell from about 6 meters after trying to catch a Foul ball at the old stadium of the Texas Rangers.
Both incidents caused scrutiny about the height of the safety railings in the stadiums. The Rangers They raised their own, while the Braves They reached an agreement with Murrey’s family in a lawsuit.
