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Report: Stockton Marine Tried To Catch Woman Who Jumped After Oakland Raiders Game

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A woman who jumped from the third level of the Oakland Raiders' stadium survived after a man tried to catch her and broke her fall, police said.

The woman, who was not identified, was critically injured Sunday after plunging about 45 feet at O.co Coliseum. She jumped shortly after the Raiders' 23-19 loss to the Tennessee Titans, as fans filed out of the stadium.

The good Samaritan was seriously injured but was conscious and talking at the hospital, police said.

"He saved her life quite honestly, at his own expense," Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson told the Oakland Tribune. "This guy 100 percent saved her life. She'd be dead now."

Nelson said the woman went to a seating area that was covered by a tarp and appeared to be alone when she jumped. The man on the concourse level saw her and repeatedly shouted, "Don't do it," Nelson said.

Nelson told KTVU-TV he lunged toward the woman as she dropped and was knocked down as he tried to catch her.

Nelson visited the man in the hospital Sunday evening.

"He just couldn't imagine having people see that," Nelson said. "He said it was a reaction. Even now, at the hospital he's very concerned about her. He's a real compassionate person."

The 61-year-old man's name was not released. Nelson told the TV station he was from Stockton, had served as a Marine and is a Raiders season ticket holder.

On the NFL's opening day this year, a fan died from a fall off a pedestrian overpass outside Candlestick Park in San Francisco, and two others were injured when a railing collapsed at the Colts game against the Raiders in Indianapolis.

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