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A gofundme started in efforts to help pay medical costs for the 20 -year -old man who fell from the stands of a Pittsburgh Pirates match this week.
Kavan Markwood, a former university football player, was identified as the man who fell to more than 20 feet on the warning track of the right field.
Markwood returned the wall balustrade and came across the field in a match between the pirates and the Chicago Cubs.
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A crowd of the opening day looks at a baseball match between Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Friday April 4, 2025. (AP photo / Gene J. Puskar)
The game immediately stopped while the medical staff sprout on the outside to find an immobile shirt markwood on the dirt of the warning track with visible blood on his face. The coaches of the two teams joined EMS to put it in a cart and out of the field.
Pittsburgh Public Safety said Wednesday later Wednesday that the fan was in critical condition.
A woman identified as Jennifer Phillips is listed as the organizer of fundraising.
“I write this today with a heavy heart but also with hope,” wrote Phillips. “Our society has made it so easy to judge an individual or a situation with social media which is always just an opinion. Please always remember that this individual can be very special for many other people. Can you imagine what their loved ones are going through and transferred? [sic] I know this young man very well and I know he is very strong, but he also fights for his young life. Please be attentive during this tragic period. “”
Phillips said donations “will help all medical invoices and the financial difficulties that this family is currently experiencing”.
Stadium Security and Pittsburgh Pirates Pirates Medical transported a fan who fell from the stands to the field to an ambulance while the pirates struck against the Chicago Cubs during the seventh round at the PNC Park. (Charles Leclaire-Imagn Images)
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The pirate star Andrew McCutchen struck a double of two points to put the team 4-3 at the end of the round when players of his team tried frantically to alert the referees and the security that the fan was on the warning track.
The match was arrested for about 10 minutes when the medical staff arrived. The fan was placed on a panel, loaded on a medical cart and out of the stadium.
A graphic video Posted on social networks has shown that the fan was falling on the balustrade and falling at around 20 feet on the ground. TV broadcast showed McCutchen standing on the second goal with his hand on his head and in shock. Cubs players knee while the fan was taken care of.
Markwood played for two division II football programs, Walsh University and Wheeling University. He played Wheeling in 2023, appearing in four games, according to the team’s website.
Andrew McCutchen, n ° 22 of Pittsburgh Pirates, leans after a fan fell from the stands during the seventh round against the Cubs of Chicago at PNC Park on April 30, 2025, in Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania. (Joe Sargent / Getty Images)
“I really hate what happened tonight,” McCutchen wrote on social networks. “I can’t help but think of this guy, family and friends. I pray this evening for him. Think about his loved ones and show our families a little tightened this evening. I hope he shoots through. God bless you all. Good night.”
