A dad attending a baseball game fell 20 feet to his death. He was trying to catch a fly ball before tumbling over the rail head first.

Making the accident all the more tragic, his 7-year-old son was next to him, a little mitt on his hand, watching his dad fall to his death.

After slamming into the concrete, Shannon Stone, a 39-year-old firefighter from Texas, was still conscious. As EMTs carried him out on a stretcher, he spoke his final words: "Please check on my son. My son is up there alone."

Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura were also in Ranger park and watched the drama unfold.

Brittany Harris saw the whole thing. Her husband grabbed Stone's son, Cooper, and tried to protect him from the horror unfolding below, where his dad lay dying on the pavement.

"His son cried out, 'Daddy!' He was calling for his dad, and we didn't want him to see what was going on," said Harris.

Less than an hour later, Stone was dead.

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The saddest part is that the little boy watched his father die.

poor kid,its like the lion king

But it's sad...maybe he shouldn't have caught that ball

Sad. Especially tha kid screaming for his dad.

Reminds me of my former bosses funeral. The casket was open and her daughter said "Daddy,mommy sleep?"

I must have screamed at tha top of my lungs,i couldn't even. It was so sad.

this is so sad! This happened in my home town.

You the new boss?

While on the floor dying his first thought was about his son. He just wanted to make this a special moment by catching the ball for his kid but end up costing him, his life.

This is so fricken sad

So sad :s poor kid.

Aw. :/

But SMH, dude should have been able to grab his leg.

omg this made me so sad ;(

Now is not the time, Vin.

**** this. Out of all of the sad stories everyone has been posting, this one hurts me the most. I ****ing can't.

Everyone edit out your sarcasm and 's before I rip your scrotums off.

That poor little boy is gonna need a lifetime of therapy… watching your own parent die in front of you has got to be one of the most traumatic things a child can endure.