Sunday afternoon’s Minnesota Vikings-Detroit Lions tilt featured a little pregame pageantry in the form of a group of parachutists gliding into the stadium.
Unfortunately the show almost turned into a disaster for the Detroit Lions.
One of the parachutists miscalculated their landing and went sailing right into the Lions’ bench. According to witnesses, several Lions players ended up draped in the parachute.
Larry Warford apparently came closest to getting taken out.
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Fortunately no one was hurt. But obviously that could have been a very serious situation.
Important safety tip: When parachuting into a stadium, make sure you aim for the big green area where no one is standing. Try to avoid the areas where people are milling about.
Evidently Blair Walsh isn’t the only one who sometimes gets messed up by the wind patterns at TCF.
The parachute guy at the #Lions-#Vikings game almost just took out Larry Warford sliding in hot.
— Michael Rothstein (@mikerothstein) September 20, 2015
Fourth paratrooper just slid ass first into Lions sideline #vikings
— Brian Murphy (@murphmedia_) September 20, 2015
The Pre-game Parachute guy in Minny came in hot on his landing and nearly took out a couple of #Lions players standing on the sideline!
— Jennifer Hammond (@HammerFox2) September 20, 2015
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