{"id":5647,"date":"2026-10-20T14:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/?p=5647"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:20:11","slug":"tech-sgt-ian-patterson-dies-after-falling-during-a-rappelling-stunt-at-the-alamodome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/tech-sgt-ian-patterson-dies-after-falling-during-a-rappelling-stunt-at-the-alamodome\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson Dies After Falling During a Rappelling Stunt at the Alamodome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5648\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5648\" class=\" wp-image-5648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iStock-2045430219-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Hand, rose and a person at a funeral in a graveyard in grief while mourning loss at a memorial service. Death, flower and an adult in a suit at a cemetery with a coffin for an outdoor burial closeup\" width=\"535\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iStock-2045430219-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iStock-2045430219-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iStock-2045430219-228x120.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iStock-2045430219.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stunts can end tragically if something goes wrong.<\/p><\/div>\n<h1 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Pregame Ceremony Ends in Tragedy After Airman Dies Falling During a Rappelling Stunt<\/h1>\n<p>According to a KSAT News report, an airman tragically lost his life while performing during a pregame ceremony honoring veterans and service members at the Alamodome.\u00b9<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/tech-sgt-ian-patterson-dies-after-falling-during-a-rappelling-stunt-at-the-alamodome\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Tech. 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Pregame Ceremony Ends in Tragedy After Airman Dies Falling During a Rappelling Stunt According to a KSAT News report, an airman tragically lost his life while performing during a pregame ceremony honoring veterans and service members at the Alamodome.\u00b9 Continue Reading \u203a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,24,8],"tags":[8483,8471,2306,188,8486,8485,8489,8488,8477,8468,8470,8482,8476,8481,8484,8487,8475,8490,8480,8478,8479,8469,2509,8493,4175,8492,8474,8472,8473,8491],"class_list":["post-5647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury","category-workplace-accidents","category-wrongful-death","tag-aerial-stunt-accident","tag-alamodome-rappelling-accident","tag-call-shaw","tag-carabin-shaw","tag-defective-harness-injury","tag-defective-safety-equipment","tag-event-organizer-liability","tag-fall-from-height-accident","tag-fatal-rappelling-accident","tag-ian-patterson","tag-ian-patterson-alamodome-accident","tag-live-event-accident","tag-military-rappelling-accident","tag-performance-injury-texas","tag-rappelling-equipment-failure","tag-rigging-accident","tag-san-antonio-alamodome-accident","tag-stunt-accident-liability","tag-stunt-accident-texas","tag-stunt-performance-accident","tag-stunt-performer-injury","tag-tech-sgt-ian-patterson","tag-texas-personal-injury-lawyer","tag-texas-product-liability-law","tag-texas-wrongful-death-claim","tag-third-party-workplace-injury-claim","tag-utsa-navy-football-game","tag-utsa-pregame-ceremony-accident","tag-utsa-salute-to-armed-forces","tag-workplace-stunt-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tech. 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