{"id":54175,"date":"2025-05-09T22:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T22:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54175"},"modified":"2025-05-09T22:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T22:18:57","slug":"pirates-fan-who-fell-at-game-vs-cubs-speaks-publicly-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54175","title":{"rendered":"Pirates fan who fell at game vs. Cubs speaks publicly for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kavan Markwood, a Pittsburgh Pirates fan critically injured in a fall onto the field at PNC Park during a game against the Chicago Cubs, spoke publicly for the first time on what happened.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred late last month, when Markwood was caught on video celebrating a play and flipping over a railing onto the home field.<\/p>\n<p>In his first interview since the dramatic incident that made nationwide headlines, Markwood told the\u00a0Pittsburgh Tribune-Review\u00a0he has &#8220;broken everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m all right,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cI can\u2019t really sleep. I have a lot of back pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0GoFundMe\u00a0set up by his girlfriend&#8217;s mother said Markwood broke his neck, clavicle and back. More than $60,000 has been raised as of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think when I get home I\u2019ll just put ice on it,\u201d Markwood told the Tribune-Review, saying he would speak more once released from the hospital sometime next week.<\/p>\n<p>Markwood has not watched the horrifying video of his fall over the Roberto Clemente Wall, where he landed on the field during the Pirates&#8217; game against the Cubs, the Tribune-Review reported.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old plunged two stories after celebrating Pirates outfielder and team leader Andrew McCutchen hitting a\u00a0two-run\u00a0double\u00a0that gave the Pirates a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning.<\/p>\n<p>Markwood\u00a0appeared motionless\u00a0before being rushed to Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>More than\u00a011,000\u00a0people were in the stadium that Wednesday night, falling silent as players took a knee.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Public Safety\u00a0said the incident was accidental, not criminal, on May 1 and did not plan on providing additional public updates.<\/p>\n<p>The update from Markwood himself comes after his sister, Taryn Markwood, said in a statement Monday that her brother was breathing on his own, able to speak and squeeze her hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the Pirates and Cubs players, coaches, staff, and all who paused to take a knee in prayer during that tragic moment \u2014 your compassion did not go unnoticed,\u201d Taryn Markwood said in her statement. \u201cIt brought a sense of unity and hope amidst the chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0South Allegheny School District\u00a0said Markwood graduated in 2022 and was a football standout, with first-team all-conference honors and being named team MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball fans were stunned after a fan fell from the stands at Wednesday&#8217;s Cubs game against the Pirates<\/p>\n<p><strong>This story first appeared on NBCNews.com. More from NBC News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sue Bird named first managing director of USA Basketball Women&#8217;s National Team<\/li>\n<li>Thunder set NBA playoff record as they demolish the Nuggets to even series<\/li>\n<li>2028 Los Angeles Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremony locations revealed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kavan Markwood, a Pittsburgh Pirates fan critically injured in a fall at PNC Park, spoke publicly for the first time on what happened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":54176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[282,44],"class_list":["post-54175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pirates fan who fell at game vs. Cubs speaks publicly for first time - 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