Air Force service member dies after rappelling accident during pregame demonstration at utsa-navy game

🗞️ Story file #607

Air Force service member dies after rappelling accident during pregame demonstration at utsa-navy game

Oct 18, 11 AM ET to Oct 21, 11 AM ET

28outlets carried it
🫏10 · 4 · 14🐘left · center · right
3 dayson the front pages
27front pages at once, at its peak
4 minof TV captions
1radio newscast

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 18, 11 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
Oct 18, 4 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 19, 4 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 19, 3 PM ETpeak: on 27 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 18, 11 AM to Oct 21, 11 AM ET (peak 27), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “Salute to Armed Forces” “Profound loss” “Dead silent”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 rappelling demonstration

✏️ 12 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (2 wordings): “Airman killed rappelling from Alamodome's ceiling in Salute to Armed Forces ceremony” → “Airman killed rappelling from Alamodome ceiling”
Breitbart (2 wordings): “Serviceman Falls from the Roof of the Alamodome During UTSA-Navy Pre-Game Ceremony” → “U.S. Airman Dies During Pregame Ceremony at UTSA-Naval Academy Game in San Antonio”
Military.com (4 wordings): “Air Force Airman Confirmed Dead After Great Fall During Pregame College Football Demonstration Read More” → “Air Force Service Member Who Died at College Football Game Identified as 15-Year Veteran”
NBC News (2 wordings): “Service member dies after falling during pregame demonstration at college football game” → “Service member dies after falling during demonstration before college football game in San Antonio”
New York Post (7 wordings): “Air Force commando dies after falling from 170-foot rafters during fast-rope demonstration at UTSA game” → “Air Force identifies airman killed in fall during rappelling demonstration at UTSA game”
Red State (3 wordings): “Airman Dies in Tragedy During Demonstration at UTSA-Navy Football Game” → “Military Airman Dies in Tragedy During Demonstration at UTSA-Navy Football Game Nick Arama”
The Daily Wire (2 wordings): “Air Force Airman Dies After Falling During Pregame Rappelling Demo” → “Air Force IDs Service Member Who Died After Rappelling Accident Before Navy-UTSA”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Air Force officer killed in rappelling accident before UTSA’s game against Navy” → “Airman who died in rappelling accident at Texas college football game identified”
The Hill (3 wordings): “Service member dies after rappelling fall at UT San Antonio game” → “Service member who died after rappelling incident at UT San Antonio game identified”
The Washington Times (2 wordings): “Service member dies following rappel gone wrong at UTSA-Navy game: Air Force” → “Air Force identifies airman who died during rappelling demonstration at UTSA/Navy game”
Townhall (3 wordings): “US Service Member Killed in Accident During College Football Pre-Game Ceremony” → “Military US Service Member Killed in Accident During College Football Pre-Game Ceremony Joe Chalfant”
Yahoo News (2 wordings): “Airman who died in rappelling fall at Texas college football game identified” → “Air Force identifies airman killed in fall during pregame at UTSA football game”

Every outlet's first headline (28), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Airman Dead After Navy Football Game Stunt Goes Horrifically Wrong Oct 18, 2 PM ET
The Guardian Air Force officer killed in rappelling accident before UTSA’s game against Navy Oct 18, 11 AM ET
ABC News Airman killed rappelling from Alamodome's ceiling in Salute to Armed Forces ceremony Oct 18, 1 PM ET
CBS News Air Force member dies from injury at UT San Antonio football stadium Oct 18, 10 AM ET
Los Angeles Times Air Force identifies member who died after rappelling accident during NAVY-UTSA pregame Oct 19, 3 PM ET
Mediaite Air Force Service Member Dies Following Stunt Gone Terribly Wrong Before Packed House Of College Football Fans Oct 18, 2 PM ET
Military.com Air Force Airman Confirmed Dead After Great Fall During Pregame College Football Demonstration Read More Oct 18, 11 AM ET
NBC News Service member dies after falling during pregame demonstration at college football game Oct 18, 2 PM ET
The Independent Airman killed falling from football stadium rafters in front of horrified crowd is identified Oct 19, 12 PM ET
Yahoo News Airman who died in rappelling fall at Texas college football game identified Oct 19, 10 AM ET
BBC US airman dies as daredevil descent goes wrong before Texas college football game Oct 19, 11 AM ET
News Nation Air Force IDs after service member who died after rappelling fall before UT game Oct 19, 11 AM ET
Newsweek Who Is Ian Patterson? Airman Killed in Rappelling Accident at UTSA Game Oct 19, 4 AM ET
The Hill Service member dies after rappelling fall at UT San Antonio game Oct 18, 2 PM ET
The Epoch Times US Airman Dies After Rappel Fall at College Football Game in Texas Oct 20, 7 AM ET
The Washington Times Service member dies following rappel gone wrong at UTSA-Navy game: Air Force Oct 18, 11 AM ET
Breitbart Serviceman Falls from the Roof of the Alamodome During UTSA-Navy Pre-Game Ceremony Oct 18, 10 AM ET
Fox News Investigation launched after Air Force airman fatally falls before UTSA football game Oct 18, 5 PM ET
New York Post Air Force commando dies after falling from 170-foot rafters during fast-rope demonstration at UTSA game Oct 18, 10 AM ET
Newsmax US Soldier Dies After Rappelling Fall at a College Football Game Oct 18, 11 AM ET
OAN U.S. Air Force identifies airman who tragically died after fatal fall during pregame fast-rope demonstration in San Antonio Oct 19, 3 PM ET
PJ Media Tragic Accident at Football Game Kills Air Force Demonstrator Oct 18, 12 PM ET
Red State Airman Dies in Tragedy During Demonstration at UTSA-Navy Football Game Oct 18, 4 PM ET
The Daily Caller Air Force Service Member Suffers Fatal Fall From Rafters During ‘Salute to Armed Forces’ Rappel Demonstration Oct 18, 2 PM ET
The Daily Wire Air Force Airman Dies After Falling During Pregame Rappelling Demo Oct 18, 12 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit TRAGIC UPDATE: US Airman Dead After Horrifying Accident During Pregame Demonstration at College Football Game – Incident Now Under Investigation Oct 18, 10 AM ET
The Western Journal Breaking: Airman Dies in Front of Tens of Thousands in Tragic Navy-UTSA Football Game Accident After Falling from Rafters Oct 18, 12 PM ET
Townhall US Service Member Killed in Accident During College Football Pre-Game Ceremony Oct 18, 11 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN3 min

Fox News68 s

Airman Dies After Rappelling From Rafters Before College Football Game CNN, 76 s
SERVICE MEMBER DIES IN RAPPELLING ACCIDENT AT UTSA FOOTBALL GAME CNN, 52 s
SERVICE MEMBER DIES FROM FALL BEFORE UTSA GAME Fox News, 46 s
SERVICE MEMBER DIES AFTER RAPPELLING INCIDENT AT UTSA FOOTBALL GAME CNN, 34 s
DEADLY STADIUM FALL CNN, 25 s
DC POLICE INVESTIGATING SHOOTING INVOLVING NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER Fox News, 22 s
PROBE UNDERWAY INTO SERVICE MEMBER'S DEADLY FALL CNN, 13 s

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 18, 4:10 PM ET: story 4 of 5

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: UTSA Navy Air Force Alamodome UT San Antonio

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

the running story it belongs to

🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.