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San Francisco Examiner
The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office this morning has identified the man who fell to his death during a San Francisco Giants baseball game at Pac Bell Park Wednesday night.
The Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as 35-year-old Todd Edward Adams. Adams was reportedly originally from Hawaii, but was more recently living in Santa Cruz.
Police say Adams dropped his sunglasses while walking along the arcade area during the bottom of the eighth inning Wednesday night. The glasses fell about 25 feet and a homeless man grabbed the glasses and yelled up to Adams that he would hold onto the glasses until Adams was able to get down to the port walk below to get them.
Police say Adams reportedly climbed over the hand railing and tried to jump onto a light fixture so he could jump down to the port walk below. Adams slipped and hit his head. He died at San Francisco General Hospital.
San Jose Mercury Article
A man trying to retrieve his eyeglasses plummeted to his death from a 25-foot-high outfield wall at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco on Wednesday night shortly before the Giants clinched the National League West title.
``It's just a very unfortunate accident,'' said Staci Slaughter, spokeswoman for the Giants.
It was the first accidental death at the ballpark, which is just finishing its fourth season, she said.
The man, whose identity was not available, was seen climbing over the protective rail along a waterfront catwalk and scaling down the outfield wall near the right-field foul pole when he apparently slipped.
The accident happened during in the eighth inning.
Submitted on 09/18/2003
Submitted by:
david bertoldi
Reference:
SF Examiner + SJ Mercury News
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