India, May 2 -- Kavan Markwood has been identified as the fan who fell fron an outfield wall at PNC Park during the Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs game on Wednesday. The 20-year-old is a former college football player. A spokesperson for the South Allegheny School District, where Markwood played, confirmed his identity to TribLive on Thursday.

Markwood is currently critical.

"Everyone at South Allegheny would say he is a hard-working, highly resilient young man. He's a fighter. He's going to need that resiliency now. But he has it. He's touched a lot of lives at South Allegheny. We're a small community. He's a household name here. Everyone knows him," district spokeswoman Laura Thomson told TribLive.

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