US airman dies as daredevil descent goes wrong before Texas college football game
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A member of the US Air Force died after he fell while abseiling from the ceiling of a Texas stadium ahead of a college football game.
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Footage shows the serviceman plummet feet first to the turf midfield at San Antonio's 170ft (52 metre) high Alamodome on Saturday during a ceremony ahead of the game between the University of Texas at San Antonio and the Naval Academy.
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The airman, identified, external by the military as Sgt Ian Patterson, a Tactical Air Control Party instructor at Joint Base San Antonio, died in hospital.
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The incident is being investigated. The game between the UTSA Roadrunners and the Navy Midshipmen continued as planned following the tragic incident.
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A collegiate athletic association said the decision to press ahead with the fixture was made before the airman's death had been confirmed.
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"We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, teammates and members of the 57th Wing," the American Conference, external said in a statement.
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US Air Force Brig Gen Scott Mills said in a statement issued by Nellis Air Force Base: "This tragedy is felt deeply across the 57th Wing.
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"Tech Sgt Patterson and his service mattered immensely to our wing."
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Patterson, from Fort Stewart, Georgia, had served in the US military for 15 years, according to Nellis Air Force Base.
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He held multiple military decorations and was in 2022 named the Air Force Special Warfare Enlisted Instructor of the Year at the Headquarters Air Force level.
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UTSA president Taylor Eighmy said: "I want to extend my deepest and most heartfelt sympathies to the service member's family, his fellow airmen, squadron and all those whose lives have been touched by this heartbreaking tragedy."
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