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'Please check on my son': Fireman's final words as he lay dying after falling in front of six-year-old son as he tried to catch ball at baseball game
Baseball Fan Shannon Stone Asked About Son After Fatal Fall
Texas baseball fan Shannon Stone reportedly had a conversation with emergency personnel after falling from the stands and before dying in which he expressed concern for his young son.
Stone, 39, a Brownwood, Texas, firefighter, fell head first out of the stands during Thursday night's game at Arlington Stadium while trying to catch a ball tossed toward him by Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton. Stone fell about 20 feet before he landed on the concrete below.
In an interview with an ESPN reporter, Athletics relief pitcher Brad Ziegler said Stone was still conscious and able to talk as he was taken from the stadium.
"They had him on a stretcher. He said, 'Please check on my son. My son was up there by himself.' The people who carried him out reassured him, 'Sir, we'll get your son, we'll make sure he's OK,'" Ziegler told an ESPN reporter. "He had his arms swinging. He talked and was conscious. We assumed he was OK. But when you find out he's not, it's just tough."
The reports suggest that Stone may have experienced a period of time known as a lucid interval -- a window of conscious clarity after a traumatic injury.
Nolan Ryan says fan's widow worried about son
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Nolan Ryan would always try to accommodate kids clamoring for a baseball when he was pitching. And the new owner of the Texas Rangers has had a goal of helping create cherished memories for families, for fathers and sons attending games together.
A Texas firefighter's trip to a Rangers game with his 6-year-old son turned tragic when Shannon Stone tumbled over a railing after reaching out and catching a foul ball tossed his way by reigning AL MVP Josh Hamilton, his son's favorite player.
Stone plunged about 20 feet onto the concrete below Thursday night and died about an hour later. The accident stunned players and fans alike, and it left a 36-year-old widow worried about how the boy, Cooper Stone, will recover from watching his father fall.
Shannon Stone's mother, Suzann Stone, told The Associated Press that her son and young Cooper had gone to the game in hopes of catching a ball in the stands. They even stopped on the way to Arlington to buy a new glove for the boy.
"I always told him if he wasn't my son I would want him as my best friend,'' Suzann Stone said, choking back sobs. "He was so good, so caring of everybody.''
A moment of silence was planned before the Rangers and Oakland Athletics played the second game of their four-game series Friday night, and players for both teams were planning to wear black ribbons on their uniforms.
"This just happens to be a situation that turned into a great tragedy,'' Ryan said Friday, the flags at Rangers Ballpark at half-staff and a black tarpaulin covering the gap where Stone fell. "It's one of the saddest things I've ever seen at the ballpark. ... As a father and a grandfather, my heart goes out for that family.''
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Baseball Fan Shannon Stone Asked About Son After Fatal Fall
Texas baseball fan Shannon Stone reportedly had a conversation with emergency personnel after falling from the stands and before dying in which he expressed concern for his young son.
Stone, 39, a Brownwood, Texas, firefighter, fell head first out of the stands during Thursday night's game at Arlington Stadium while trying to catch a ball tossed toward him by Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton. Stone fell about 20 feet before he landed on the concrete below.
In an interview with an ESPN reporter, Athletics relief pitcher Brad Ziegler said Stone was still conscious and able to talk as he was taken from the stadium.
"They had him on a stretcher. He said, 'Please check on my son. My son was up there by himself.' The people who carried him out reassured him, 'Sir, we'll get your son, we'll make sure he's OK,'" Ziegler told an ESPN reporter. "He had his arms swinging. He talked and was conscious. We assumed he was OK. But when you find out he's not, it's just tough."
The reports suggest that Stone may have experienced a period of time known as a lucid interval -- a window of conscious clarity after a traumatic injury.
Nolan Ryan says fan's widow worried about son
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Nolan Ryan would always try to accommodate kids clamoring for a baseball when he was pitching. And the new owner of the Texas Rangers has had a goal of helping create cherished memories for families, for fathers and sons attending games together.
A Texas firefighter's trip to a Rangers game with his 6-year-old son turned tragic when Shannon Stone tumbled over a railing after reaching out and catching a foul ball tossed his way by reigning AL MVP Josh Hamilton, his son's favorite player.
Stone plunged about 20 feet onto the concrete below Thursday night and died about an hour later. The accident stunned players and fans alike, and it left a 36-year-old widow worried about how the boy, Cooper Stone, will recover from watching his father fall.
Shannon Stone's mother, Suzann Stone, told The Associated Press that her son and young Cooper had gone to the game in hopes of catching a ball in the stands. They even stopped on the way to Arlington to buy a new glove for the boy.
"I always told him if he wasn't my son I would want him as my best friend,'' Suzann Stone said, choking back sobs. "He was so good, so caring of everybody.''
A moment of silence was planned before the Rangers and Oakland Athletics played the second game of their four-game series Friday night, and players for both teams were planning to wear black ribbons on their uniforms.
"This just happens to be a situation that turned into a great tragedy,'' Ryan said Friday, the flags at Rangers Ballpark at half-staff and a black tarpaulin covering the gap where Stone fell. "It's one of the saddest things I've ever seen at the ballpark. ... As a father and a grandfather, my heart goes out for that family.''
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...th.ld.writethru.1190/index.html#ixzz1RYEhuHmb
