当局表示，一名空军成员周六在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥的阿拉莫多姆（Alamodome）天花板上下降时受伤死亡，这是纪念武装部队和退伍军人的大学足球赛前仪式的一部分。
事件发生在海军和圣安东尼奥的德克萨斯大学开球之前。
“当乐队开始演奏时，有一个人摔倒了，”见证人阿德里安·科里，23000多名观众之一，告诉ABC圣安东尼奥附属站KSAT．
目击者称，这名飞行员是三名服役人员之一，他们正在阿拉莫多姆的天花板上进行下降演示，下降高度约为170英尺。
科里用手机记录了这一事件，他说，当这名飞行员（其姓名尚未公布）“开始快速下降”时，他和其他观众注意到事情有些不对劲。
圣安东尼奥消防局发言人乔·阿灵顿告诉美国广播公司新闻，消防队员在接到有人在赛前活动中摔倒的电话后，于当地时间下午7点左右对阿拉莫多姆做出了回应。阿林顿说，这个人被送往医院，伤势危及生命。
飞行员所在的内利斯空军基地的发言人在一份声明中说，这名飞行员后来在医院被宣布死亡。
死去的飞行员被分配到第六团战斗训练中队，第二分队，据基地发言人说。内利斯空军基地位于内华达州。
德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校的一名发言人在给ESPN的一份声明中说，鼓励目睹这一事件的学生联系该大学的危机热线。
UTSA发言人说：“我们衷心地为受影响的士兵、他的家人和他的军队同事祈祷。”。“我们认识到，我们校园社区的成员可能会受到这一事件的情绪影响，并正在启动福利服务，以支持我们的教职员工和学生。”
Air Force member killed rappelling from Alamodome＇s ceiling in Salute to Armed Forces ceremony
An Air Force member has died from injuries he suffered on Saturday while rappelling from the ceiling of the Alamodome in San Antonio， Texas， as part of a college football pre-game ceremony honoring the Armed Forces and military veterans， authorities said．
The incident occurred just before kickoff between Navy and the University of Texas at San Antonio．
＂Once the band started playing， there was a guy that fell down，＂ witness Adrian Corey， one of more than 23，000 people who attended the game， told ABC San Antonio affiliate stationKSAT．
Witnesses said the airman was one of three service members conducting a rappelling demonstration from the Alamodome＇s ceiling， a drop of about 170 feet．
Corey， who recorded the incident on his cellphone， said he and other spectators noticed something was wrong when the airman， whose name has not been released， ＂started coming down fast．＂
San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Joe Arrington told ABC News that firefighters responded to the Alamodome around 7 p．m． local time after getting a call of someone falling during a pre-game event． Arrington said the individual was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries．
The airman was later pronounced dead at the hospital， a spokesperson for the Nellis Air Force Base， where the airman was stationed， said in a statement．
The airman who died was assigned to the 6thCombat Training Squadron， Detachment 2， according to a base spokesperson． Nellis Air Force Base is located in Nevada．
A spokesperson for the University of Texas at San Antonio said in a statement to ESPN that students who witnessed the incident are encouraged to contact the university＇s crisis hotline．
＂Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the soldier who was affected， his family and his military colleagues，＂ the UTSA spokesperson said． ＂We recognize that members of our campus community may be emotionally affected by this incident and are activating wellbeing services to support our faculty， staff and students．＂
