Service member who died in rappelling accident at college football game identified

(Gray News) - The United States Air Force identified the service member who died in a rappelling accident at a college football game on Saturday.Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson was attempting to rappel from the rafters as part of a demonstration before the football game between the University of Texas at San Antonio and the U.S. Naval Academy when he fell. The game was the university’s annual Salute to Armed Forces and Veterans event.He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.GRAPHIC WARNING: The video may be disturbing to some viewers.A service member died in a rappelling accident at a college football game. (Source: CNN, James Larken Smith, Getty Images, UTSA, @UTSA/X via CNN Newsource)Patterson was a Tactical Air Control Party instructor assigned to the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, according to Nellis Air Force Base.He was from Fort Stewart, Georgia, and served for 15 years. His decorations included the Air and Space Commendation Medal w