No joking around on this one. From the AP:

A man attending a New York Mets game with his family lost his balance on an escalator and fell two stories to his death, police said.

Antonio Nararainsami, 36, and several relatives, including his two young daughters, were leaving the stadium at the end of Tuesday night’s game against the Washington Nationals when he fell in a section below the left field stands and landed on a concrete floor. Nararainsami, a Guyanese native who lived in Brooklyn, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead half an hour later.

Kevin Prashad, a cousin who attended the game, said Nararainsami was walking down the escalator, which wasn’t moving, and was holding the hand rail when he “lost his footing.”

Ugh. Just terrible. It reminds us very much of a (thankfully) far less tragic incident at Yankee Stadium a few years back, when a fan fell from the stands (on purpose) and landed in the netting behind home plate. A similar incident also happened at a Yankee Stadium game we were at in 2000. Bottom line: If you are attending a game in New York, use caution.

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