Texas baseball fan Shannon Stone reportedly had a conversation with emergency personnel after falling from the stands and before dying in which he expressed concern for his young son.
Stone, 39, a Brownwood, Texas, firefighter, fell head first out of the stands during Thursday night's game at Arlington Stadium while trying to catch a ball tossed toward him by Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton. Stone fell about 20 feet before he landed on the concrete below.
In an interview with an ESPN reporter, Athletics relief pitcher Brad Ziegler said Stone was still conscious and able to talk as he was taken from the stadium.
"They had him on a stretcher. He said, 'Please check on my son. My son was up there by himself.' The people who carried him out reassured him, 'Sir, we'll get your son, we'll make sure he's OK,'" Ziegler told an ESPN reporter. "He had his arms swinging. He talked and was conscious. We assumed he was OK. But when you find out he's not, it's just tough."
The reports suggest that Stone may have experienced a period of time known as a lucid interval -- a window of conscious clarity after a traumatic injury.
Dr. William Goldberg, assistant professor of emergency medicine at NYU School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center, said it would be hard for a physician to determine whether the episode represented a lucid interval or not unless they were present at the scene. But, he said, particularly in the case of bleeding in the brain, such instances can occur.
Today I am thankful for all the people who are reaching out to the Stone Family!?!
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this is incredibly sad my heart goes out to the young boy and the entire family R.I.P Shannon Stone
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