ATLANTA — According to a person sitting 20 feet away from where a man who fell from Turner Field’s upper deck and later died — landing between the Yankees’ and Braves’ family sections behind the field-level seats — those sitting nearby were lucky.
“He hit the stairs between two sections,’’ said the person, who didn’t want his identity revealed. “I looked to my right and saw some figure falling down and the guide wire started shaking. At first I couldn’t tell what was falling. I assumed since Alex Rodriguez was coming to the plate somebody threw something from above, but it landed with a loud thud.