Childhood Event

An event that sticks out in my mind is the time my brother broke his arm at my other brother's baseball game. I was probably about 6 years-old at the time. We spent a lot of time as a family attending Bobby's baseball games. He played baseball into his college years. I remember playing with a couple girls during that game, but I did not see very much of Jacob ( my other brother.) We tried to get into the basketball courts but the gate had been jammed so no one could get into or out of the courts. At some point during the game, a player hit a foul ball into the courts, leaving the ball stranded there.

I'm not completely sure what happened next, but apparently when no one was really paying attention, Jacob was making attempts at climbing the fence to get the ball. This was not the first time that Jacob has climbed something ridiculously steep. By the time someone actually noticed what he was doing, he had already made it to the top of the fence. The fence was about 20 feet in height. As he was climbing down to the other side he fell and shattered his arm. The worst part about all of it, was that he was stuck inside the courts and it took a while before anyone could break in to get him. I remember seeing our van fly out of the parking lot, thinking that I was going to be stranded at the game, even though my parents had already made arrangements for me to stay with another family for the night. All night long I was so worried about my brother.