Fan falls to death at Texans stadium in Houston

[jimnyc]

Apparently the stadium has one of those very long escalators, and this one at least a minimum of 5 stories high. Witnesses said he was sliding down the outside of the rail. And it won't be surprising to hear that they suspect alcohol may have been involved. Just for liability reasons alone, I can't understand why they don't have something in place to prevent idiots like this from doing stupid shit, but I'm no engineer. Read one of these 2 links and read about other deaths at stadiums. I guess I can't absolve stadiums of their responsibility, but do these people even think, knowing they are at heights that can kill them? It's a shame to see something like this less than a week before the season starts, but gravity isn't very forgiving.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--man-falls-to-his-death-at-texans-game--fourth-fan-fatality-in-four-years.html

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[Gaffer]

It's close to time for the Darwin Awards nominations. And there is a full moon tonight, a blue moon in fact.