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A graphic video showed how a baseball fan dropped 21 feet on the ground at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Wednesday evening, leaving the man in critical condition.
The man seemed to pass over the railing over Clemente Wall in the right field while the star of the pirates Andrew McCutchen hit two points in seventh round. He made a cart wheel in the air before hitting the warning track. The managers and players of the pirates and chicago cubs immediately drawn attention to the referees and the medical staff to stop the match and check the man.
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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 on Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP photo / Gene J. Puskar)
He was then placed on a panel and transported the land. Later, officials said that man was in critical condition.
Pittsburgh public security officials said on Thursday that the incident was treated as “accidental nature”.
“This incident is treated as an accidental nature. The patient remains in critical condition at the hospital,” said officials in an X. “Pittsburgh police do not provide for additional update to the public.”
The pirates published a statement on Wednesday evening.
“Tonight, during the seventh round of the match at PNC Park, an adult man fell from right -wing stands on the playing field,” the pirates said in a statement.
“Pittsburgh EMS, as well as the training teams for pirates and cubs and other staff of the PNC Park reacted and responded immediately and administered care. It was transported to the General Hospital of Allegheny. No other information is available at that time.
The medical teams tend to a fan of the PNC park after falling the stands during the seventh round of a baseball match between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP photo / Gene J. Puskar)
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“Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.”
Cubs players were one of those who kicked up as they watched the man were placed on a sign and on the medical cart.
“I have not seen anything happen, but I saw the face (advice) when it came out on the ground, and I could say that it was a very frightening moment,” said the star of Cubs, in Swanson. “All we could do was to pray for a good and strong recovery for him and his family. I have never been part of something like that before and I hope that I will never be part of something like that again.
“It is a humble reminder of gratitude that we should all have to play this game. People are obviously going out to support us, and they are a great reason why we are able to do what we do. It is obviously difficult. At one point like that, you want (fans) to know that you love them.”
McCutchen offered a prayer on X.
A fan is fired from the field after falling from the stands during the seventh round of the match between the Cubs of Chicago and the Pittsburgh pirates at the PNC Park on April 30, 2025 in Pittsburgh. (Joe Sargent / Getty Images)
“I really hate what happened tonight,” he wrote. “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.”
