{"id":937666,"date":"2026-10-18T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937666\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:40:09","slug":"airman-dies-after-falling-from-rafters-during-football-game-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937666\/","title":{"rendered":"Airman Dies After Falling from Rafters During Football Game, On Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Air Force Service Member<br \/>\n                          Falls 170 Feet to Death From Rafters at Football Game<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              October 18, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:53 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261018_b12bcbac8a0b46d98f9fb93f7dd58413\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e6ed2d7e-297a-441c-87d5-ff477aa6ae8e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/b12bcbac8a0b46d98f9fb93f7dd58413_md.jpg\" alt=\"Alamodome-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>An Air Force service member died after falling from the rafters during a pregame rappelling demonstration at a college football game in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Qu4k3r0ats\/status\/2111611128178680039?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">incident<\/a> happened Saturday night inside the Alamodome before the University of Texas at San Antonio\u2019s game against Navy.<\/p>\n<p>Four members of the Air Force\u2019s 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2 were scheduled to rappel from the stadium rafters to the field as part of UTSA\u2019s annual Salute to Armed Forces and Veterans game, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/airman-dies-utsa-rappelling-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Task &amp; Purpose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In video posted online, one of the airmen appeared to lose control during the descent and fell hard to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>      BREAKING: AIRMAN DIES IN ALAMODOME FALL | https:\/\/t.co\/so4e5122sc<\/p>\n<p>An Airman has died after falling during a pregame rappelling demonstration at the Alamodome ahead of Saturday&#8217;s UTSA-Navy football game. The service member was rushed to a hospital following the fall. https:\/\/t.co\/eeKrjrgGAp<br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KABBFOX29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@KABBFOX29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Football staff and medical personnel immediately rushed to help, and the service member was taken from the stadium on a stretcher.<\/p>\n<p>The San Antonio Fire Department said the person was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The Air Force later confirmed the airman had died.<\/p>\n<p>The service member\u2019s identity has not been released.<\/p>\n<p>The 6th Combat Training Squadron trains Tactical Air Control Party personnel, who work alongside Army and Marine units to coordinate air support from the ground.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Nellis Air Force Base said the incident is under investigation and additional information will be released when available.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Air Force Service Member Falls 170 Feet to Death From Rafters at Football Game Published October 18, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":["post-937666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}