( CNN ) -- Funeral services will be held Monday morning for a Texas man who died at a baseball game last week . Shannon Stone will be buried in his hometown of Brownwood , Texas . The 39-year-old firefighter fell to his death Thursday while trying to catch a ball at a Texas Rangers game . Ronnie Hargis was seated in the stands near Stone and tried unsuccessfully to save him . `` Your first instinct is to reach out and grab him , '' Hargis told CNN 's Don Lemon . `` I tried to grab him . I could n't catch him . He went down . As he went by me I tried to grab him again and I missed and ... it looked like he was in slow motion as he was going to the ground . There was nothing I could do but watch him fall . '' In the second inning of the ill-fated game , star outfielder Josh Hamilton tossed a souvenir ball into the stands after a batter hit a foul ball . Stone stuck out his glove and reached for the ball , but lost his balance and flipped over the railing of the outfield seats . He fell about 20 feet and crashed head-first into a scoreboard , suffering fatal injuries . Stone died of blunt-force trauma , according to the Tarrant County medical examiner . His 6-year-old son , Cooper , witnessed the tragic accident . `` It 's just the cruelest of reminders of just how fragile human life can be , '' said Joe Trahan , sports anchor at CNN-affiliate WFAA . `` The mind-boggling thing about this is that everyone 's intent was right . '' Trahan provided details of the incident for Lemon . `` Josh Hamilton flipped a foul ball up to a little girl an inning or so earlier , '' Trahan said . `` And he heard at that point Cooper Stone ask for a ball . Most of the time , big-leaguers would n't even hear that , but he made a note of it , he 's trying to do the right thing . '' Rangers president Nolan Ryan , a Hall of Fame pitcher , said earlier that the club would review the height of railings at the stadium , even though they currently exceed the city 's code limits . Trahan told Lemon that club management is already working on making changes at their stadium . `` I 've spoken to Rangers officials , and they tell me that there are meetings that have already taken place with city leaders , meetings with architects at the ballpark , contractors . They 're trying to find a permanent solution , not a stop-gap one . '' But fan-awareness also plays a crucial role at stadiums , according to Trahan . `` This is a stark and cruel reminder that ( safety ) is everyone 's responsibility when you go to the ballpark , '' he said , adding that he was surprised that injuries did n't happen more often , especially `` down the first and third base lines ... those are rocket shots coming off those bats . '' But Trahan also said that the accident should be kept in perspective . `` We go back to the unexplainable issue of why this happened , because there have been thousands and thousands of balls hit in that area , people with gloves trying to get balls and nothing has happened until now . '' The Rangers held a moment of silence before Friday night 's game against the Oakland A 's . Members of both teams wore black ribbons . Flags at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington have flown at half-mast all weekend . The team has set up an account accepting donations in Stone 's honor with the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation . Donated money has been earmarked to help the Stone family . The Rangers have donated an undisclosed sum , according to the team 's website , and the A 's donated $ 5,000 .
Shannon Stone died after falling over railing at Rangers Stadium . Sports anchor : Accident a reminder of `` how fragile human life can be '' Outfielder had heard Stone 's son ask for ball and pitched one toward him . Rangers have set up account in Stone 's name .