{"id":869603,"date":"2026-04-19T02:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/869603\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T02:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:53:19","slug":"skydiver-rescued-after-crashing-into-scoreboard-before-virginia-tech-spring-game-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/869603\/","title":{"rendered":"Skydiver rescued after crashing into scoreboard before Virginia Tech spring game | College football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A skydiver crashed into the Lane Stadium scoreboard before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/virginia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia<\/a> Tech\u2019s spring football game Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Virginia Tech officials <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hokiesports\/status\/2045592126327848995\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow\">said on X<\/a> that the skydiver \u201cwas safely secured and is currently stable\u201d following rescue efforts. The incident caused a delay in the start of the spring game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The name of the skydiver wasn\u2019t released.<\/p>\n<p>Allow Instagram content?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-j4jr8l\">This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click &#8216;Allow and continue&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cOur primary focus remains on their well-being,\u201d Virginia Tech officials said in a statement. \u201cWe extend our sincere appreciation to the first responders, event staff, and medical personnel for their swift, coordinated and professional response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Video footage showed the skydiver\u2019s parachute landing between the \u201cC\u201d and the \u201cH\u201d on the Virginia Tech lettering on top of the scoreboard before first responders rescued him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Blacksburg Fire Department didn\u2019t immediately respond to a voicemail seeking details on the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A skydiver crashed into the Lane Stadium scoreboard before Virginia Tech\u2019s spring football game Saturday. Virginia Tech officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-869603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116429117736068418","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}