I am a die-hard San Francisco 49er fan. I have tailgated and attended many games at Candlestick Park with my girlfriend Andrea and friends from the opposing team. But there has always been a missing part to this experience, thats is my youngest brother and United States Navy veteran Raul. He also is a die-hard 49er fan. Plans of going to a 49ers game together began during our childhood years. My Brother who is six years younger than me joined the military shortly after high school. He was stationed in Japan for about eleven years or so. That did not stop our love and communication for sports. We constantly spoke by telephone, facetime, and/or text. He did visit our hometown of Los Angeles ocassionally but never during the National Football League season. The day we envisioned many years ago turned out to be Sunday October 6, 2013 versus the Houston Texans. That…show more content… Knowing that Candlestick Park was scheduled to be demolished after the 2014 season, I tried to take in all the sights and add more memories of this historic place. Once inside, i quickly took my brother and nephew through the closest tunnel for their first ever view of the field. We stood there for about five minutes. There my brother looked at me and said, "Thank You Bro, this is f*****g awsome, I can not beleive we are finally here". A few minutes after reaching our seats, the defensive player introductions began and along with the loud crowd we screamed and clapped . Then, came the singing of our National Anthem which concluded with a flyover of four apache helicopters. The pre-game electricity transferred over to the game. Matt Shaub's first pass attempt of the game was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by Tramaine Brock to put the 49ers up 7-0. The stadium erupted, we nearly lost our voices after just one play. The 49ers went on to dominate this game and won
