Texas Ranger’s play-by-play announcer Josh Lewin said, “Whoa! A fan tumbled out, and I pray that he’s OK…Oh my.” The clip below replays four different radio broadcasts of that moment…and all four announcers ask for prayers. The Indian’s announcer said, “Say a prayer, folks. And pray quickly.”
There is hope for our society after all.
The Arkon Beacon Journal reported the player’s prayers:
After the incident, Trevor Crowe in left and Jason Donald at shortstop went down on one knee, obviously feeling emotions coursing through them.
”It was crazy,” Crowe said. ”I looked up and saw him coming down. He tried to catch himself [on the suite railing], but he kept coming down. It’s one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen.
”I just started praying for the guy. There was nothing to break his fall. I thought he might have killed himself. It affected everybody emotionally, but that’s not the reason we lost the game.”
The game was interrupted for 16 minutes, and just before it restarted, players were told the man was conscious and moving.
”I didn’t see it happen because my head was turned, but I heard it,” Donald said. ”I heard the crowd, I heard the body hit the seats. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out. Thank God I didn’t see it. That would have done damage to me.”
Donald retreated to the clubhouse for a couple of minutes to compose himself.
”I was down on one knee, because I was praying for the guy and the people he landed on,” he said. “It kind of puts in perspective that we’re playing a game. You take your family to a game, and you never think something like this could happen. It’s terrifying.”
The fan, Tyler Morris (a local firefighter) is reported to be in stable condition, and able to move his arms and legs. Thanks be to God!
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