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       Fan falls to Death
   DIR By: PWTRPWR
       Date: August 30, 2015, 9:48 am
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       A fan has died after falling from the upper deck into the
       lower-level stands at Turner Field during Saturday's
       Yankees-Braves game.
       The tragic incident occurred while the Yankees were batting in
       the seventh inning. Alex Rodriguez had just been announced as a
       pinch-hitter when Fox Sports 1 play-by-play man Justin Kutcher
       reacted to the fan's fall and suggested play be halted.
       Most of the crowd went unaware initially as their attention was
       focused on Rodriguez. The players and fans appeared unaware as
       well, as the action continued without interruption.
       Before Rodriguez settled in, the Fox Sports 1 broadcast briefly
       flashed a shot of the crowd as stunned fans looked on and
       medical personnel quickly arrived on the scene.
       Here's more from the Associated Press:
       The man fell close to the area where players' wives and families
       sit. The family members were escorted to a room near the
       clubhouse, and many were crying.
       A security guard at the room holding the family members said the
       families saw the man try to hang onto a wire that runs from the
       protective net behind the plate to under the press box. The man
       then fell the rest of the way to the lower level seats.
       The wires and even the net shook for a few seconds immediately
       after Alex Rodriguez was introduced as a pinch-hitter in the
       seventh inning. The man apparently fell from the upper deck, hit
       the wire and then fell farther into the seats.
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