Yankees Fan Assaulted at Camden Yards Remains Hospitalized in Serious Condition

Fortese’s family and Queen told the Sun that one of the men threw a beer at the couple, resulting in an argument. Police said that [Gregory] Fleischman punched Fortese in the head, sending him over the railing to the ground about five feet below. Nathan Steelman, an off-duty state trooper came to Fortese’s aid. In a strange twist of fate, Steelman is a childhood friend of Fortese’s who hadn’t seen the man in years before running into each other earlier at the game. Steelman told the Sun that Fortese had gone as long as 45 seconds without breathing. Steelman, who received emergency medical training as a soldier deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, removed a wad of chewing tobacco from Fortese’s mouth that had blocked his airway.

Gut-wrenching. Is it even worth going to a game at this point? This is just awful.

Fortese reportedly suffered a skull fracture and was rushed to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The men who assaulted him, Greg Fleischman, 22, and Michael Bell, 21, have thankfully both been charged in the attack.

Fleischman has been slapped with first and second degree assault and disorderly conduct, and Bell with second degree assault and disorderly conduct

Fortese remains hospitalized in serious condition.

[via Fox Sports, Bob’s Blitz]