Service member dies after falling during demonstration before college football game in San Antonio

A service member fell during a pregame aerial demonstration at a college football game in San Antonio on Saturday night and later died at a hospital, according to military officials and video verified by NBC News.

Video recorded from the stands shows the service member descending on a rope from the rafters at the Alamodome before falling to the field.

The service member was taken to a local hospital and later died, a Nellis Air Force Base spokesperson said in a statement.

The service member was identified as Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson, a Tactical Air Control Party instructor from Fort Stewart, Georgia, the base said.

Patterson served 15 years and was assigned to the Air Force’s 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, according to the statement.

His decorations included the Air and Space Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters and the Army Commendation Medal, the Air and Space Achievement Medal and the Army Achievement Medal, each with one oak leaf cluster. In 2022, he was named Air Force Special Warfare Enlisted Instructor of the Year at the Headquarters Air Force level, the base said.

“Tech. Sgt. Patterson and his service mattered immensely to our wing, and to…

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