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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pittsburgh Pirates fan who fell at game speaks out, says he's 'broken everything'
Kavan Markwood, the fan who fell 20 feet onto the home field of the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 30, spoke publicly for the first time to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Wednesday. Markwood described back and neck injuries, saying he has "broken everything." 'I'm all right,' he told the outlet. 'I can't really sleep. I have a lot of back pain.' A GoFundMe set up by his girlfriend's mother said Markwood broke his neck, clavicle and back. More than $58,000 has been raised as of Thursday. The update from Markwood himself comes after his sister, Taryn Markwood, said in a statement Monday that her brother's condition was improving. He's breathing on his own, able to speak and squeeze her hand, she said. 'I think when I get home I'll just put ice on it,' Markwood told the Tribune-Review, saying he would speak more once released from the hospital sometime next week. Markwood has not watched the horrifying video of his fall over the Roberto Clemente Wall at PNC Park, where he landed on the field during the Pirates' game against the Chicago Cubs, the Tribune-Review reported. The 20-year-old plunged two stories after celebrating Pirates outfielder and team leader Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run double that gave the Pirates a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning. More than 11,000 people were in the stadium that Wednesday night, falling silent as players took a knee. Markwood appeared motionless before being rushed to Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition. McCutchen witnessed the fall and said the team prayed for Markwood after the game, 'devastated' by the incident. 'To the Pirates and Cubs players, coaches, staff, and all who paused to take a knee in prayer during that tragic moment — your compassion did not go unnoticed,' Taryn Markwood said in her statement. 'It brought a sense of unity and hope amidst the chaos.' The South Allegheny School District said Markwood graduated in 2022 and was a football standout, with first-team all-conference honors and named team MVP. Pittsburgh Public Safety said the incident was accidental, not criminal, on May 1 and did not plan on providing additional public updates. This article was originally published on
NBC News
08-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC News
Pittsburgh Pirates fan who fell at game speaks out, says he's 'broken everything'
Kavan Markwood, the fan who fell 20 feet onto the home field of the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 30, spoke publicly for the first time to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Wednesday. Markwood described back and neck injuries, saying he has "broken everything." 'I'm all right,' he told the outlet. 'I can't really sleep. I have a lot of back pain.' A GoFundMe set up by his girlfriend's mother said Markwood broke his neck, clavicle and back. More than $58,000 has been raised as of Thursday. The update from Markwood himself comes after his sister, Taryn Markwood, said in a statement Monday that her brother's condition was improving. He's breathing on his own, able to speak and squeeze her hand, she said. 'I think when I get home I'll just put ice on it,' Markwood told the Tribune-Review, saying he would speak more once released from the hospital sometime next week. Markwood has not watched the horrifying video of his fall over the Roberto Clemente Wall at PNC Park, where he landed on the field during the Pirates' game against the Chicago Cubs, the Tribune-Review reported. The 20-year-old plunged two stories after celebrating Pirates outfielder and team leader Andrew McCutchen hit a two- run double that gave the Pirates a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning. More than 11,000 people were in the stadium that Wednesday night, falling silent as players took a knee. Markwood appeared motionless before being rushed to Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition. McCutchen witnessed the fall and said the team prayed for Markwood after the game, 'devastated' by the incident. 'To the Pirates and Cubs players, coaches, staff, and all who paused to take a knee in prayer during that tragic moment — your compassion did not go unnoticed,' Taryn Markwood said in her statement. 'It brought a sense of unity and hope amidst the chaos.' The South Allegheny School District said Markwood graduated in 2022 and was a football standout, with first-team all-conference honors and named team MVP.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Pirates fan who fell off 21-foot wall at PNC Park says he hasn't watched video of incident in first interview
The Pittsburgh Pirates fan who fell over PNC Park's 21-foot wall is awake enough to give his first interview, nearly a week after his accident. Speaking with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Kavan Markwood said he hasn't watched any video of the fall that left him motionless on the warning track. He reportedly described his injuries as "broken everything," but said he is expected to be released from Allegheny General Hospital in about a week. Advertisement From the Tribune-Review: 'I'm all right,' he said. 'I can't really sleep. I have a lot of back pain.' Markwood reportedly added he was grateful for the donors to his GoFundMe, which was organized by his girlfriend's mother Jennifer Phillips and has raised more than $47,000 as of Wednesday afternoon. The fall created a haunting incident at PNC Park, and some questions about how it happened have since been answered. Witnesses have reportedly said Markwood was excited the Pirates were rallying, leading to him taking his shirt off and pouring beer on himself before an Andrew McCutchen at-bat. While video showing the fall from a distance went viral the night of the incident, a different video that surfaced earlier this week, taken from behind Markwood's front-row seat, reveals more about the incident. It shows a shirtless Markwood visibly energized, then he jumps up in reaction to McCutchen's double and lands with much of his body weight on the railing in front of him. He quickly loses balance and falls forward. Kavan Markwood has begun therapy for his brain injury. (Photo by) (Joe Sargent via Getty Images) In a news conference Wednesday, AGH's chief medical officer Dr. Allan Philp said the 20-year-old Markwood sustained injuries to his brain, skull, spine, lungs and ribs, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Despite that Philip said Markwood was doing very well, with much of the credit due to Markwood's youth and the quick medical response at PNC Park. Advertisement He reportedly said Markwood is able to stand, walk and respond to questions, and that he's already begun therapy for his brain injury, though he still has a long road ahead of him. Via the Post-Gazette: 'So although he's able to do activities of daily living, which is get up, walk to the bathroom, those kinds of things are painful,' Dr. Philp said. 'Even in a young, healthy person, it's going to take some time for those to heal. So he's going to be limited in any aggressive kind of physical activity until those bones heal.' His cognitive progress will be 'harder to predict,' Dr. Philp said. 'He's made really remarkable progress, but he's not at a point where he's at his baseline yet. And whether that's going to take a week or a month or longer is really tough to tell.' Markwood is a former first-team all-conference football player at South Allegheny High School, who went on to spend time on the rosters of Division II schools Walsh University and Wheeling University. Representatives of his teams and schools have spoken glowingly of his character throughout the aftermath of the incident. Per the Tribune-Review, both of Markwood's parents died young. His aunt Juliette Och, however, is a nurse at Allegheny General Hospital and has called him the "epitome of strength," per the Post-Gazette. Och actually saw video of the incident the night it happened and only found out the next day it was her nephew. Markwood's sister Taryn has also reportedly been in communication with him. Due to the viral nature of the incident, Phillips has urged for compassion in the bio of her GoFundMe:
Fox News
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Pirates fan who shockingly flipped over wall onto field identified as ex-college football player
The fan who fell over the right field wall and onto the field at the Pittsburgh Pirates' PNC Park Wednesday night has been identified. Kavan Markwood, a 20-year-old former college football player, was identified as the man who fell more than 20 feet onto the right field warning track, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. It was a scary scene Wednesday night when Markwood flipped over the wall's railing and fell onto the field in a game between the Pirates and Chicago Cubs. Play stopped immediately as medical staff sprinted to the outfield to find a shirtless Markwood motionless on the warning track dirt with blood visible on his face. Both teams' trainers joined EMS to get him onto a cart and off the field. Players from both teams got down on one knee with some looking down at the ground. Pittsburgh Public Safety posted on X that the incident is "being treated as accidental in nature," and Markwood was in critical condition as of Thursday morning at Allegheny General Hospital. Fans who were around Markwood said he had gotten excited about a Pirates' rally during the game and proceeded to take his shirt off and pour beer on himself before his fall, according to the Tribune-Review. The South Allegheny School District confirmed Markwood was the man who fell. He is a 2022 graduate of South Allegheny High School. "Everyone at South Allegheny would say he is a hard-working, highly resilient young man. He's a fighter," the school district said in a statement to the Tribune-Review. "He's going to need that resiliency now. But he has it. He's touched a lot of lives at South Allegheny. We're a small community. He's a household name here. Everyone knows him. "He has the prayers and the support of the South Allegheny community." Markwood played for two Division II football programs, Walsh University and Wheeling University. He played at Wheeling in 2023, appearing in four games, according to the team's site. Frank Cortazzo, South Allegheny High School's head football coach, released a statement about Markwood to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "Kavan is not only an outstanding athlete, but an even more exceptional young man. His resilience, heart and strength are truly unmatched. Please keep him, his family and his friends in your thoughts and prayers as they navigate this challenging time." The Pirates also released a statement shortly after Markwood fell over the wall in the seventh inning. Andrew McCutchen, who hit a double just before Markwood fell, sent a prayer out on X. "Truly hate what happened tonight," he wrote. "Cant help but think about that guy, his family and friends. I pray tonight for him. Let us think about his loved ones and hug our families a little tighter tonight. I hope he pulls thru. May God Bless you all. Good night." Once Markwood was carted off the field, the Pirates and Cubs resumed their game, and Pittsburgh won, 4-3. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Lori Falce: America was built with a dollar and a dream, not $5 million gold cards
Feb. 28—My mother's grandmother Karolina was born in Austria in 1899. She came to Philadelphia in 1906 with her mother, an unmarried woman who had a romantic story about Karolina's unnamed father but who rewrote her life in America claiming to be a widow. Karolina was not wealthy. Neither was her mother. My father's great-grandfather was born in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland in 1826. Marcus Luchsinger, family legend tells us, was headed west when he arrived in New Orleans in 1845. Instead, he traveled up the Mississippi and settled in Minnesota. Grandpa Luchsinger was a bit better off than Karolina when he arrived. He was 19 instead of 7, but he was not rich. Of my husband's eight great-grandparents, all but one was born in Italy. They arrived in Pittsburgh through Canada or New York at different points somewhere around the 1890s. They brought their dreams, their hopes and their willingness to work. None of them brought $150,000. That's about what $5 million today would have equaled back then. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said he wants to create a "gold card" that would cost $5 million. There is already a visa for investors. It is the EB-5. It is given to people who plan to do business in America, spending about $1 million and creating jobs. It makes sense to increase the amount of money for that investment. The program has been in place since 1990 and could probably benefit by updating. This program could be mutually beneficial, and there is no reason to think otherwise. Many countries offer a kind of express lane for immigrants with enough money to smooth the way. But what stings is looking at the family tree and knowing no one would have qualified. America has built its reputation as the refuge of the poor and tired and the wretched. My family fit in those categories. An unwed mother building a new life. A German-speaking boy barely older than my son. A whole table full of Italians who brought their language and culture to the neighborhoods and mills of Pittsburgh. The collective memory of America is filled with stories of the ancestor who got off the boat with a dollar to his name. We accept those as the remarkable accounts of accomplishment they are. The $5 million card has its place. However, it can't become the gold standard for immigration. We must spend as much time finding legal, viable, accomplishable routes to immigration and citizenship for the people with few dollars and big dreams. If we don't, we miss out on the way Karolina brought up her family and taught her granddaughters to make schnitzel. We don't have Grandpa Luchsinger raising a granddaughter who would found a town with her husband and their family name. I wouldn't have my son making his father's marinara sauce with all the right herbs and meats, just like his great-grandmother passed down. Because without all those immigrants who came here to find gold rather than pay it, America would be a lot less rich. Lori Falce is the Tribune-Review community engagement editor and an opinion columnist. For more than 30 years, she has covered Pennsylvania politics, Penn State, crime and communities. She joined the Trib in 2018. She can be reached at lfalce@
