From what I’ve been told, the city of Seattle is one of the most beautiful in all of the United States.   I’ve never been there to see it myself, so when I think of Seattle I tend to think of grunge music, rain, Starbucks coffee, and bad sports teams.  Things have been so bad in the Pacific Northwest that the Sonics left Seattle for Oklahoma City of all places.   The Mariners are horrible, and the state’s two college football teams have combined to go 1-15 this year.

Still, even though there have been plenty of bad teams in Seattle sports history, for the last few years the people in Seattle have always had their Seahawks.   In the last decade the Seahawks have won five division titles, and even got to the Super Bowl a few years ago where they fell to the officials Pittsburgh Steelers.   Well this season, Seattlites (Seattleans?  What the hell do you call somebody from Seattle?) don’t have the Seahawks to give them hope, as the team is now 2-6 and it’s causing fans to wonder what the point of living is.

From KOMONEWS.COM:

A man was rushed to the hospital after he plunged 35 feet in a stairwell at Qwest Field after Sunday’s Seahawks game.

The victim, described as a 34-year-old man, fell from one level of Qwest Field to the one below, said a spokesperson for the Seattle Fire Department.

Medics responded to the scene at about 5 p.m. and transported the man to Harborview Medical Center.

Witnesses at the scene said the man was hooked to an intravenous tube and a respirator as medics rushed him into the ambulance. They said the victim did not appear to be breathing on his own.

Okay, so we don’t know for sure if this was a suicide attempt, but would you really be that surprised if it was?  Odds are it was a total accident — quite possibly aided by alcohol.

Now it’s at this point that I’d like to say the man is going to survive, but his name and condition have not been released to the public, so I have no idea.