The San Francisco Giants announced plans to honor a fan who was beaten and remains in a coma with serious head injuries after being attacked by Los Angeles Dodger fans.
The MLB team said it would collect donations from fans for a benefit fund set up for Bryan Stow, who was beaten by two Dodgers fans in the parking lot outside Dodger Stadium on opening day.
The Giants will make the first contribution of US$10,000 to the fund for Stow, a paramedic and father of two children from Santa Cruz, California.
At tomorrow’s first Giants home game of the season, the team will also hold a special ceremony for the 42-year-old before the start of the game.
Doctors said Stowe suffered a severe skull fracture and bruising to his frontal lobes in the beating that took place on Thursday last week.
Police said Stowe was heading to a taxi stand when two shaven-headed men in Dodgers gear began swearing at him.
He was struck in the back of the head and then kicked while on the ground, police said. The attackers left the scene in a car driven by a woman with a small child inside.
Dodgers owner Frank McCourt called the beating “tragic,” but then went on to downplay the incident in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
“It’s very, very unfair to take what was otherwise a fantastic day — everything from the weather to the result of the game to just the overall experience — and to have a few individuals mar that,” he said.
This is not the first time Giants fans have been violently attacked in the parking lot outside Dodger Stadium.
In 2003, a 25-year-old Giants fan was shot and killed while heading to his car. Police said the Giants fans had been arguing with three Dodgers fans over their teams.
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