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A Wednesday to Remember

August 11, 2011
7:54 am

Andy Nuyen

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Not sure what the heck is going on with Lake Austin and freakish incidents for me this year, but around 3:30 I was under 360 fishing with Cary when a guy decided to jump from the bridge and fall into the water about 60 feet from us. For a split second we both thought it might have been a huge pelican – thinking to ourselves no way that was a human body right? But the eerie feeling quickly set in that it was very likely a suicide attempt as we headed over to the point of impact. We waited for about 30 seconds and I called 911 when he didn't resurface. As I was on the phone with the fire dept the guy's hat floated up, we picked it up and there was a moment of silence; turned it over to the officers on the scene, answered a few questions and went about our way.

A couple of us were hanging out at 360 after the tournament and saw APD transfer the body from their boat to a coroner or mortician around 11:00 pm.

First the Legend vs john boat ordeal and now this…WTF man?

August 11, 2011
8:52 am

Waylon Papst

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Dude that is crazy.. I need to stay away from you on that lake. You're an accident waiting to happen

August 11, 2011
9:14 am

Terry Williams

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Man that is crazy. Sure does point out the irony in life, two guys fishing in a boat with no further worry than the next beer or if a fish will school and 80 feet above your head it's so bad that a fella has to end it all. Crazy.

August 11, 2011
10:02 am

Robby Crabb

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Yeah that is crazy Ando, too bad that jackass couldnt end it all w/out affecting someone else's life. I hope he didnt leave any kids/wife, if he did he is a selfish coward (if it was a suicide). Hope you, Cary, and Rick are alright. I honestly can say I would have been a little shook up!!!

Prayers for his family regardless and for the other fella who drowned on Lady Bird yesterday.

August 11, 2011
10:57 am

dbueche

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Yea, I guess it was easy for us guys that didn't actually witness everything go down to brush it off, but that had to have given you sort of a creepy, eerie feeling throughout the whole night. I couldn't imagine or think what I would have done in that scenerio.

August 11, 2011
1:34 pm

DBarron

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A couple five or so years ago, I was floating the guad and witnessed a guy in his 40’s jump from a railway bridge in to 5’ of water. He landed within mere feet of me…

The fall crushed his spine and he was gone within the hour… The group I was with was comprised of 7 officers and 3 EMT’s and everyone agreed there wasn’t much anybody could do.

His death was un-intentional but it stays with you just the same. My prayers go out to his family.

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