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REPORT: Death at Reliant

Lurvinator11

Lurvinator11

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Didn't know if this goes in this thread or not, but should post anyway. Sports Radio 610 reports that a 45 year old man fell to his death at the game tonight at Reliant Stadium. What a sad, tragic story. Our thoughts and condolences go out to him and his entire family. I just hope the national news doesn't make a big deal out of this.
 
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HOUSTON (CBS Houston) – Sources at Reliant Stadium say a 45-year old man attending the game fell to his death while horse-playing on an escalator.

He was allegedly trying to slide down the outside of the handrail on the escalator when he fell.
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Even though he was horse-playing are there any plans to honor him in some way? They made a statue for the father who fell to his death at the Rangers game last year. He was a firefighter and tried to snag a ball from Josh Hamilton for his son. Totally different situation but every life is precious, IMO.
 
Lurvinator11 said:
Didn't know if this goes in this thread or not, but should post anyway. Sports Radio 610 reports that a 45 year old man fell to his death at the game tonight at Reliant Stadium. What a sad, tragic story. Our thoughts and condolences go out to him and his entire family. I just hope the national news doesn't make a big deal out of this.
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Yessir!! Certainly thoughts and prayers go out to his family, immediate or otherwise and his friends. May God Bless and help heal their loss...


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Dang scary having just turned 45 myself.
 
I fell so awful hearing this news. I hate it when anybody dies at a sporting event. I had barely recovered from last year's incident at the Ballpark at Arlington. This news certainly diminishes my excitement for next Sunday's opening day game against Miami on September 9. Hopefully the Texans honor his life with some type of pre-game moment of silence before kick off to that game.
 
Bulls on Parade said:
Even though he was horse-playing are there any plans to honor him in some way? They made a statue for the father who fell to his death at the Rangers game last year. He was a firefighter and tried to snag a ball from Josh Hamilton for his son. Totally different situation but every life is precious, IMO.
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Can we at least let the guys family start to sort this out?
 
Playoffs said:
HOUSTON (CBS Houston) – Sources at Reliant Stadium say a 45-year old man attending the game fell to his death while horse-playing on an escalator.

He was allegedly trying to slide down the outside of the handrail on the escalator when he fell.
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I wonder if this is why they didn't want to let anyone on the escalator tonight. They were pushing everybody to the ramps, I had to plead bad ankle to ride down.
 
Bulls on Parade said:
Even though he was horse-playing are there any plans to honor him in some way? They made a statue for the father who fell to his death at the Rangers game last year. He was a firefighter and tried to snag a ball from Josh Hamilton for his son. Totally different situation but every life is precious, IMO.
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I'm not trying to come off as a douche, but I don't think you honor some guy who was doing something he shouldn't have been doing in the first place. Is it unfortunate? Yes. It's a shame that his life was cut short by a dumb decision he made and now his family has to suffer.

Would you honor him if he was playing in traffic outside the stadium and died?
 
Cjeremy635 said:
I'm not trying to come off as a douche, but I don't think you honor some guy who was doing something he shouldn't have been doing in the first place. Is it unfortunate? Yes. It's a shame that his life was cut short by a dumb decision he made and now his family has to suffer.

Would you honor him if he was playing in traffic outside the stadium and died?
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Wow..... I like the comment and I couldn't agree more. Hand rails are for hands, not asses. Escalators have a hand rail about 40" high to protect you from falling off. It's a shame he died because of something so stupid, but in the end....who's fault was it???
 
Regardless of how he died I still would like to pay my respects to his family. I don't know all of the details, but it sounds horrific. In my job we preach safety 24/7. Hopefully the Texans can take this opportunity to pass that along to fans as well. Condolences to family and friends of the deceased.
 
Well let this not so bright ghost help us reach the super bowl this year, just give him a few games so he can practice moving that quarter before he moves the ball in our favor.
 
Texn4life said:
Regardless of how he died I still would like to pay my respects to his family. I don't know all of the details, but it sounds horrific. In my job we preach safety 24/7. Hopefully the Texans can take this opportunity to pass that along to fans as well. Condolences to family and friends of the deceased.
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Well said and written. I was trying to come across the same words but couldn't at the time. I'm just deeply saddened by what happened and I honestly feel horrible at the moment. I was hoping to feel excited and count down the days until Week 1 against Miami, but instead I don't feel like football is all that important right now. Maybe after a few days as we start to hear more on the story I'll be able to feel alright. My thoughts and prayers also go out to his family.
 
GlassHalfFull said:
I wonder if this is why they didn't want to let anyone on the escalator tonight. They were pushing everybody to the ramps, I had to plead bad ankle to ride down.
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Yes, that's why they were doing it, however senseless that might have been. He was sliding down the handrail and fell to his death at the Coke gate per my co-worker who works games and stopped me on the way out to discuss it.
 
Not to sound like a ass, but you don't honor stupidity and the Texans shouldn't do anything before their season opener and they certainly shouldn't build a staute. (What would the statue even look like?) This isn't some father trying to catch a baseball for his little boy, it's a 45 yo drunken idiot who was trying to slide down a escalator. This is not the first time a drunk fell to his death either, it happened at a Jets game a few years ago. Just chalk it up to in life your choices have consequences (sometimes grave) and move on. When you make a stupid decision, sometimes it can be the last one you make. Sadly it happens everyday.

I just hope it wasn't Bill.
 
Shame for his family. The kids have to grow up fatherless and the wife has to go through all of this because of utter stupidity.
 
Bulls on Parade said:
Well said and written. I was trying to come across the same words but couldn't at the time. I'm just deeply saddened by what happened and I honestly feel horrible at the moment. I was hoping to feel excited and count down the days until Week 1 against Miami, but instead I don't feel like football is all that important right now. Maybe after a few days as we start to hear more on the story I'll be able to feel alright. My thoughts and prayers also go out to his family.
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People die everyday man. You'll be alright. Just don't try to slide down escalator handrails.
 
Does anyone know if it was before or after the game? I seen an Ambulance pulling in to the stadium right before the game started. Just wondering if it was for this guy.
 
Cjeremy635 said:
I'm not trying to come off as a douche, but I don't think you honor some guy who was doing something he shouldn't have been doing in the first place. Is it unfortunate? Yes. It's a shame that his life was cut short by a dumb decision he made and now his family has to suffer.

Would you honor him if he was playing in traffic outside the stadium and died?
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Same here. It's sad that this guy lost his life and who knows who he left behind to mourn him. But if he was indeed doing some clowning around that led to his death I hope they don't erect a statue in his honor.
 
Very sad for his family and friends, and my prayers will go up for them. BUT, to honor a drunk who made a childish decision is insane!

I was wondering why they were pushing fans to the ramp, and now I know. BUT, he could have fallen over the rails just as easily.

WHY do fans feel they have to drink themselves TO DEATH!! SMH!!
 
Bulls on Parade said:
Even though he was horse-playing are there any plans to honor him in some way? They made a statue for the father who fell to his death at the Rangers game last year. He was a firefighter and tried to snag a ball from Josh Hamilton for his son. Totally different situation but every life is precious, IMO.
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I imagine the folks at Reliant are on a much different thought process now. i.e., How do we insure we are not liable, and how to do we insure this does not happen ever again?

Fat chance they encourage this type of behavior by canonizing the guy.
 
nero THE zero said:
I imagine the folks at Reliant are on a much different thought process now. i.e., How do we insure we are not liable, and how to do we insure this does not happen ever again?

Fat chance they encourage this type of behavior by canonizing the guy.
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While the idea of any sort of "tribute" to this guy is just ridiculous, I'm not sure I see it as something that would encourage future behavior similar to this. I'm thinking being dead would trump being canonized.

I haven't heard of any incidences of fans flinging themselves off of the stands at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
 
SheTexan said:
Very sad for his family and friends, and my prayers will go up for them. BUT, to honor a drunk who made a childish decision is insane!

I was wondering why they were pushing fans to the ramp, and now I know. BUT, he could have fallen over the rails just as easily.

WHY do fans feel they have to drink themselves TO DEATH!! SMH!!
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How do you know he was drunk!?!?
 
TexansBlood said:
How do you know he was drunk!?!?
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I hope he was drunk because if he wasn't then he had to be very stupid. I feel for his family and hope he was drunk and didn't feel anything. This seemed like one of those "hold my beer and watch this" moments. God bless the man and his family.
 
My assumption is that the young man was drunk based on the behavior. Of course, there could be another explanation to why a person would exit from the 6th level, slide down the escalator then risk falling another four or five stories to the ground. Perhaps?

I also read that the victim was 25 instead of 45.
 
ChampionTexan said:
While the idea of any sort of "tribute" to this guy is just ridiculous, I'm not sure I see it as something that would encourage future behavior similar to this. I'm thinking being dead would trump being canonized.

I haven't heard of any incidences of fans flinging themselves off of the stands at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
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Encourage, as in, not discourage.
 
I have/had a working relationship with the individual.

Reports are saying he was 45. He was actually 25.

Very unfortunate this happened. I don't know if he was drunk or not but regardless, God rest his soul.
 
I hope all of you got your walking shoes broken in for the next game. Expect to see all the escalators "down for maintenance". Watch some ambulance chaser convince the family that somehow it was negligence on the stadium's part because the escalator wasn't 'idiot-proofed' enough.

And yet, we want to 'honor' him? Jesus.
 
Marcus said:
I hope all of you got your walking shoes broken in for the next game. Expect to see all the escalators "down for maintenance". Watch some ambulance chaser convince the family that somehow it was negligence on the stadium's part because the escalator wasn't 'idiot-proofed' enough.

And yet, we want to 'honor' him? Jesus.
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yep, that was my thought about the ramps, as well.

I've got tickets to the Miami game...6th level. I don't mind the walking, though, as I usually need it from all that grub I've eaten while tailgating.

I feel bad for the dude's family and those fans that had to witness it. I can't imagine what I'd tell my kid if he had seen something so tragically senseless. I'd probably use it as a lesson to warn against stupidity, to be quite honest.
 
Marcus said:
I hope all of you got your walking shoes broken in for the next game. Expect to see all the escalators "down for maintenance". Watch some ambulance chaser convince the family that somehow it was negligence on the stadium's part because the escalator wasn't 'idiot-proofed' enough.

And yet, we want to 'honor' him? Jesus.
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Yep, I agree. I have a bad feeling about how Reliant is going to overreact to this isolated incident.
 
I heard about this and prayed that it wasn't anyone I knew. Each time I've ever attended a game the escalators messed with my head. I just don't like them and the thought of falling freaked me out. I thought it was just an irrational fear. My condolences to that poor man's family.
 
Double Barrel said:
yep, that was my thought about the ramps, as well.

I've got tickets to the Miami game...6th level. I don't mind the walking, though, as I usually need it from all that grub I've eaten while tailgating.

I feel bad for the dude's family and those fans that had to witness it. I can't imagine what I'd tell my kid if he had seen something so tragically senseless. I'd probably use it as a lesson to warn against stupidity, to be quite honest.
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Yeah double barrel way to go....walk it off..lol
 
ubecool454 said:
Yeah double barrel way to go....walk it off..lol
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I feel like laying around like a stuff python after some of those tailgate meals.

Long walk from yellow lot and a hike up 6 stories. I'll be ready for the game once I catch my breath and take a nap! ;)
 
Bulls on Parade said:
I fell so awful hearing this news. I hate it when anybody dies at a sporting event. I had barely recovered from last year's incident at the Ballpark at Arlington. This news certainly diminishes my excitement for next Sunday's opening day game against Miami on September 9. Hopefully the Texans honor his life with some type of pre-game moment of silence before kick off to that game.
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I chuckled when I read this. It reminded me of that scene in The Hangover:

Alan: What if he's dead? I can't afford to lose anybody close to me again. It hurts too much. I was so upset when my grandpa died.

Phil: I'm sorry... How did he die?

Alan: World War II.

Phil: Died in the battle?

Alan: No he was skiing in Vermont. It was just during World War II.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVB0wQE6cxc

I may just be a callus *******, but I have no idea how you can be that tramatized by someone's death that you didn't know....that you're just now getting over it a year later. Neither event was like the World Trade Center attack where thousands died in one event. That was a shocker and people took it personal. These events were no different than what goes on every single day throughout the world.
 
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