Posted on 11/24/2013 8:04:00 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Two people were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries following Sunday's Oakland Raiders game against the Tennessee Titans.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office says a woman jumped from the third deck near section 301 at O.co Coliseum around 4:30 p.m. The section was closed to the public at the time.
A fan that was walking along the concourse about 60-feet below saw it happen and tried to catch her. But he was critically injured when she landed on him.
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A hero.
Praying for both of them.
this wouldn`t have happened.
Sounds like he is the hero. She either had an accident or was unstable.
Prayers up for both.
Where is the FR like button when you need it?
That’s the way the ball bounces...
No, the action of the other spectator would only result in serious damage to himself, if not death.
No way he was going to let her die, and no way he was not going to get himself seriously injured stopping her.
Very noble of him to try, but there’s no way you can catch a 120 pound woman falling at ~60 ft/second. That is a huge amount of energy to absorb.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24593320/woman-jumps-from-third-deck-coliseum
The 61-year-old Stockton man, a Marine Corps veteran, was on the second deck concourse level when he noticed the woman above, and repeatedly shouted, "don't do it," Nelson said.
What a great guy. God help and bless him.
No good deed goes unpunished. Prayers up for both of them; for him for his effort to save her, and for her that whatever demons caused her action be exorcised.
HEADLINE:
Marine veteran who saved woman who jumped from stadium says he had no fear
EXCERPT:
“I just wished I would’ve grabbed her and held on to her,” Navidad said. “I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t do anything.”
The 61-year-old Marine Corps veteran was hospitalized overnight and was recuperating from a severely bruised arm at his home in Stockton.
“He simply saved her life,” Alameda County sheriff’s Sgt. J.D. Nelson said. “Otherwise, she’d be dead.”
LINK:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/25/man-who-saved-woman-who-jumped-from-stadium-says-had-no-fear/
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