At approximately 4:50 PM EST today, a hydraulic scissors lift, used by Notre Dame to hoist a camera and videographer forty to fifty feet into the air to video practice -- tipped over, falling onto the street that runs outside the practice fields -- killing Sullivan, who was videotaping Notre Dame's defensive team's practice from atop the platform.
The photos above, show the platform and lift laying on its side -- on the street outside the University of Notre Dame's Labar Practice Complex. WNDU-TV is reporting that wind gusts this afternoon exceeded 50 mph on the Notre Dame campus. Here's a number of links to the media's coverage of this tragic accident:
LINK: NOTRE DAME'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT
LINK: SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE'S COVERAGE
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE'S COVERAGE
LINK: WNDU-TV'S COVERAGE
LINK: WSBT-TV'S COVERAGE
LINK: ESPN'S COVERAGE
LINK: CHICAGO TRIBUNE'S COVERAGE
LINK: WNDU-TV'S COVERAGE
LINK: WSBT-TV'S COVERAGE
LINK: ESPN'S COVERAGE
Notre Dame just announced that it will celebrate Declan Sullivan's life -- tomorrow night -- at a 10 PM Memorial Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
"...And, until we meet again --
may God hold you in the palm of His hand."
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