SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 18 -- The rappelling demonstration was supposed to be the salute. Instead a member of the U.S. Air Force fell from the rafters of the Alamodome on Saturday night, before UTSA hosted Navy, and later died at a hospital.

Nellis Air Force Base Public Affairs confirmed Sunday that a service member assigned to the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, died at a local hospital after falling during the pregame demonstration. His name has not been released. The night was UTSA's annual Salute to Armed Forces and Veterans game, and UTSA Athletics had set kickoff for 7 p.m.

How a display meant to show off military skill went wrong is the part nobody has explained. In the statements reported so far, neither the Air Force nor ...