( CNN ) -- Texas Rangers President Nolan Ryan is calling a Tuesday night incident in which a baseball fan fell about 30 feet from the second deck of Rangers Ballpark trying to catch a foul ball an unfortunate accident . `` It 's pretty hard to guard against something of that nature , '' Ryan said at a Wednesday news conference . Some guard railings in the stadium had been raised after a 1994 incident in which a woman suffered multiple injuries after falling 35 feet from the upper deck while posing for a picture , according to a report published in the Star-Telegram on April 15 , 1994 . Ryan said safety policies in the stadium were reviewed after Tuesday 's incident and that the second-deck railings measure more than 30 inches high , above the standardized code of 26 inches . Ryan said the man who fell Tuesday night , Tyler Morris , was in good spirits when Ryan visited with him Wednesday at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth . Ryan said Morris , a firefighter with the Lake Cities Fire Department in Corinth , Texas , has fractures to the skull , foot and ankle , but has n't lost his enthusiasm for the team . `` I was expecting him to look a lot worse then he did . I think being a firefighter , and being in the shape he is , worked in his favor , '' Ryan said . He said Morris has some recollection of what happened . `` He thought he was going to catch the ball , '' said Ryan . `` He said it hit the tip of his finger . The next thing he knew he was falling . '' Ryan said Morris remembered hitting the electronic message board at the stadium , but nothing after that . Ryan said he does n't believe Morris jumped to get the ball , but said he probably extended himself , or reached for it , before falling over the second-deck railing . Ryan also said he and other members of the Rangers organization brought Morris several autographed items when they visited him at the hospital , including the ball that he was trying to catch when he fell . `` He was as thrilled to get that as anything else we brought him , '' Ryan said . `` He 's a die-hard Rangers fan , and grew up a Rangers fan . He was real appreciative that we came to visit him , '' Ryan said . Wednesday morning , the Morris family issued a statement that said Morris is expected to make a full recovery , according to CNN affiliate KTVT/KTXA , . Morris is lucky to be alive , according to an off-duty paramedic who was one of the first people to come to the man 's aid . `` The fall could have easily killed the guy , '' Derek Dilday said . In an interview with HLN , Dilday said he rushed to the man 's aid after witnessing the entire incident . `` I turned to my left to watch the foul ball , and I saw this guy reach over the railing . Then I saw his feet go up , he tried to reach back for the railing , but he missed it . He hit the video-tron ( electronic message board ) , then fell the rest of the way like a rag doll . '' `` It was the most shocking thing I had even seen , '' he said . Dilday said he ran about 50 feet to get to the spot where Morris had fallen . `` He was laying in the aisle on his back . There was no external bleeding , which was a good thing . I held his head and tried to keep him still until the medics arrived . '' Dilday said Morris was having difficulty breathing but was trying to move . `` He tried to move his neck , he tried to get up , I kept telling him , 'Stay still , stay still . ' '' By the time medics arrived , Morris was able to say his name , Dilday said . `` He was able to move all his extremities and was responsive to the paramedics , '' Rangers spokesman John Blake said . Morris fell on top of four other fans , causing minor injuries to them , said Ryan . `` One woman had a bruised knee , one man had a bruised shoulder , someone was hit by Morris 's shoe , '' he said . `` They chose not to go to the hospital emergency room and were treated in the stadium 's first aid area , '' Ryan said . All stayed for the remainder of the game , he said . The game between the Texas Rangers and Cleveland Indians was delayed for 16 minutes after the fall . The Rangers eventually won , 12-1 . CNN Sport 's Adam Anshell contributed to this report .
NEW : Rangers call ballpark fire involving a fan an unfortunate accident . Tyler Morris , a fan , gets a hospital visit from Rangers President Nolan Ryan . Morris fell 30 feet from the stadium 's second deck as he attempted to catch a foul ball . Other fans that he fell on were also hurt ; they were treated at the ballpark .