Man Jumps From Bridge "Just For Fun," Dies

NBC Miami ^ | Fri, Jun 18, 2010 | TODD WRIGHT

[nickcarraway]

Man dies after jumping from Card Sound Bridge

A Miami man is dead and another seriously injured after the two jumped off the Card Sound Bridge "just for fun," Thursday afternoon.

Jorge Suarez-Taupier, 24, died from his injuries and his friend, 20-year-old Isaac Morejon, barely survivde the plunge.

Card Sound Bridge is a toll bridge in Key Largo and is about 60 feet above the water.

Authorities said the two men were drinking beer and fishing befor they made the decision to spice up their evening by jumping into the water.

[b4its2late]

Hey, Hold Ma Beer and watch this.......

[al baby]

And deep too

[nascarnation]

Baraq’s 2012 vote talley just decreased by 1.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Well, was it fun ?

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

Wow, That is called dying of stupidity.

[Americanwolfsbrother]

Paging Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin to Miami please.AWB

[thethirddegree]

Darwin Award and cleansing of the gene pool.

[Spok]

Darwin Award candidates.

[GSWarrior]

Wonder wbat his last words were?

[babble-on]

60 feet is not usually dying height. Maybe he went in at a bad angle?

[HangnJudge]

[BossLady]

This guy did not seem like he was all that intelligent when he was alive... ;)

[BigEdLB]

You beat me to a similar remark. Great minds think alike! :)

[WOBBLY BOB]

go ahead and jump...

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

Some things I will never understand. Human life is nothing to some people.

[SnakeDoctor]

My understanding is that death by blunt force trauma is very fun. Then again ... it is difficult to collect reliable data from a splatter on the pavement.

SnakeDoc

[nascarnation]

Human life is nothing to some people.

actually it's more about our schools not teaching physics

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Dean Wormer would be like “I told you so”.

[Pinkbell]

What a waste of a God-given life. I wonder if he would have done it if he wasn’t drinking.

[cripplecreek]

Well that wasn’t as much fun as I thought it would be.

[b4its2late]

You think they’d proof read their articles...

[guitarplayer1953]

Dumb and Dumber win this month darwin award.

[Constitution Day]

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

:)

[Hoffer Rand]

More terminal stupidity on display.

[dfwgator]

Wonder wbat his last words were?

"Ohhhh Shiiiiiiiii......"

[Constitution Day]

;)

[nickcarraway]

If you’ve read any of Todd Wright’s other articles, you’d know they don’t get proofed.

[grey_whiskers]

actually it's more about our schools not teaching physics

Cheers!

...thanks to FReeper OnTheDress for reminding me of this...

[Deb]

Ah, men. They create the modern age of electronics, pioneer medicine, go to the moon and occasionally jump off a bridge shit-faced. You’re the BEST!!!

[Lorianne]

Had either one procreated yet?

[Hoffer Rand]

Let’s hope not. We really don’t need another generation of those genes.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Leaning agianst the railing of a Lake Charles bridge
Overlooking the river, leaning over the edge
He asked me, Baby, would you jump into the water with me?
I told him, No way, baby, that’s your own death, you see.

From the song which has the same name as my screen name by Lucinda Williams.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

When we were kids we used to jump off of the Navesink River Bridge near Sandy Hook every nice summer day. That was 46 feet along the sides and 56 feet in the middle. Didn’t think anything of it. Then again we were sober and knew what angle we were hitting the water at. These guys must have tumbled on the way down and landed straight out. Even then the shouldn’t have died from blunt force trauma. More than likely the guy who died got stunned on impact and drowned.

[Constitution Day]

I can hear that song in my head now. “Car Wheels...” is still a favorite album of mine.

[Constitution Day]

I can hear that song in my head now. “Car Wheels...” is still a favorite album of mine.

[Constitution Day]

oops

[Dem Guard]

The picture in the article is showing kids jumping off a RR bridge. What’s with that?

[Alex Murphy]

actually it's more about our schools not teaching physics

"It's not the fall that kills you - it's the sudden stop at the end."

[geege]

LOLOLOL

[Responsibility2nd]

Hmm.

 

They need to post a sign.

 

[BluH2o]

Not sure how they landed in the water after a 60 foot plunge, but if they jumped and entered the water feet first 60 feet isn’t that big a deal.

[dfwgator]

F=MA, IT’S THE LAW!

[GladesGuru]

That does not look like the underside of the Card Sound Bridge.

Much of the water under the card Sound Bridge is shallow. Perhaps the Darwin Award contender hit bottom.

If so, could one say he recreated where he seemingly had to have been procreated - in the shallow end of the gene pool?

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

That CD was on my desk on Oct. 31, 1988 when I signed up for FreeRepublic and the screenname Publius was already taken.

[Constitution Day]

That was a great idea. (wasn’t that 1998, BTW?)

I lurked for a couple of years before I ever signed up. My screenname is my birthday, as you may recall.

[bigbob]

We can only hope he Darwinized himself and didn’t reproduce before he jumped.

[Clint N. Suhks]

[RnMomof7]

LOL