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Air Force sergeant dies in stadium abseiling accident
Sgt Ian Patterson fell from the Alamodome ceiling during a pre-game ceremony at a Texas college football match on Saturday.
In brief
Sgt Ian Patterson fell from the Alamodome ceiling during a pre-game ceremony at a Texas college football match on Saturday. Sgt Ian Patterson of the US Air Force died after falling while abseiling from the Alamodome ceiling before a UTSA versus Naval Academy football game on October nineteenth. Originally reported by…
Airman falls during pre-game ceremony
Sgt Ian Patterson, a Tactical Air Control Party instructor at Joint Base San Antonio, fell while abseiling from the Alamodome ceiling during a ceremony before the UTSA Roadrunners played the Navy Midshipmen on Saturday.
The stadium is one hundred seventy feet high
Footage shows Patterson plummet feet first to the turf at San Antonio's one hundred seventy foot high Alamodome. He died in hospital following the incident.
Game continued after his death
The match between UTSA and the Naval Academy went ahead as planned. A collegiate athletic association said the decision to continue was made before Patterson's death had been confirmed.
What to remember
Sgt Ian Patterson of the US Air Force died after falling while abseiling from the Alamodome ceiling before a UTSA versus Naval Academy football game on October nineteenth.
