Horrified fans and performers fell completely silent after they witnessed an Air Force commando fatally plunge from 170-foot rafters at a University of Texas at San Antonio football game, according to reports.
The unidentified airman slipped while rappelling from the Alamodome roof during a fast-rope demonstration involving four military personnel before the school’s “Salute to Armed Forces and Veterans” game against Navy.
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The terrifying fall shocked tens of thousands of fans across the football field and caused the performing band to suddenly go hush as UTSA staff rushed to his aid, witnesses told KSAT.
“Once the band started playing, there was a guy that fell down,” witness Adrian Corey told the outlet. “And started coming down fast.”
“Everyone was quiet, the band stopped performing. Everybody was dead silent,” Corey said.
The service member — who was assigned to the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2 — received medical care on the field for 10 minutes before being pulled off on a stretcher, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
