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Airman who died in rappelling accident at Texas college football game identified

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A Navy quarterback runs with the ball during the football game between the University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunners and the Navy Midshipmen at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday. Photograph: Joe Nogalski/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

The US military has identified the air force service member who died after he fell from the rafters of the Alamodome during a rappelling demonstration before the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)’s home game against Navy on Saturday.

He was Tech Sgt Ian Patterson, a tactical air control party instructor assigned to the sixth combat training squadron, detachment two, at Joint Base San Antonio.

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