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The Pittsburgh Pirates fanatic who fell more than 20 feet on the PNC Park right garden wall last week took a positive step on his way to recovery.
Kavan Markwood, a 20 -year -old former College soccer player, took his first steps on Monday, although he still has a “long way to go,” according to Associated Press.
Markwood slipped on the railing in the front row of the right field seats and turned several times in the air before landing on the warning track during the pirate game against the Chicago puppies.
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Stadium security and Pittsburgh Pirates medical staff lead a fan who fell from the stands to the field to an ambulance while the pirates hit the Chicago puppies during the seventh entry in PNC Park Park. (Charles Leclaire-Imagn images)
Jennifer Phillips organized a Gofundme page for Markwood and gave an update about her recovery, calling the “slow … but seeing it and moving process was a great victory and definitely lifted everyone’s spirit.”
Phillips added that Markwood is “dealing with a broken neck, clavicle and a back so there are many obstacles ahead.”
Pirates fan who turned surprisingly on the wall on the field identified as former soccer player
“But it is showing true strength, and we hope for a recovery without problems. This will also require a lot of rest and the following instructions of the great doctors, nurses and hospital staff.”
Markwood was urgently taken to the trauma unit of the Allegheny General Hospital after the accident, where he was in critical condition. The players were visibly shocked, as well as many in the stands, since the medical staff of teams and EMS placed it on a stretcher and took it out of the field.
Andrew McCutchen, #22 of Pittsburgh’s pirates, notes after a fan fell from the stands during the seventh entry against the Chicago puppies in PNC Park on April 30, 2025 in Pittsburgh. (Joe Sargent/Getty images)
Pittsburgh’s public security talked what happened as an accident, since fans around Markwood said he had excited himself with the pirate rally during the game and proceeded to take off his shirt and pour beer over autumn, according to Pittsburgh’s Tribune-Review’s review.
Markwood played for two soccer programs of Division II, Walsh University and Wheeling University. He played at Wheeling in 2023, appearing in four games, according to the team’s site.
Andrew McCutchen, who hit a double just before Markwood fell, sent a sentence in X.
A fan takes off the field in PNC Park after falling from the stands during the seventh entry of a baseball game between the Pittsburgh pirates and the Chicago puppies in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
“I really hate what happened tonight,” he wrote. “I can’t help thinking about that guy, his family and friends. I pray tonight.
Once Markwood was taken off the field, the pirates and the puppies resumed their game, and Pittsburgh won, 4-3.
