Two Jamaican brothers jumped off the Jaws Bridge in Mass

[malaise]

with two friends.
One body has been found, the other is still missing.
They are sons of a Clarendon pastor and part of these church linked work programs.
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One of them graduated from UTech here in JA recently. Sad.
It’s the lead story on local news
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220815/jamaican-man-drowns-brother-missing-marthas-vineyard

Jamaican man drowns, brother missing in Martha’s Vineyard
A Clarendon family is in mourning over the drowning of one of two brothers in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts in the United States.

The deceased has been identified as Tavaris Bulgin.

A search is on for his brother, Tavaughn, who is still missing in the waters.
Oak Bluffs Police Chief Jonathan Searle told The MV Times that the missing swimmer is presumed dead.
Their parents had to be taken to the May Pen Hospital following the devastating news.
Their father is Reverend Keith Bulgin, who is the pastor of the Palmers Cross New Testament Church of God.
The brothers, who are in their 20s, were on summer jobs in Martha's Vineyard.

[panader0]

1. Why? It doesn't sound like a suicide. I jumped off a big waterfall at 17. Foolish.

I just looked up the Jaws Bridge and it's only 12-15 feet from the water. Strange.

[malaise]

2. It wasn't suicide -they were having fun

Many young folks feel they have to do this one.
We’ll soon find out if they could swim.

[LeftInTX]

6. They may have been hot

Coming from a warm climate, it's easy to get overheated when you think you're in a cool climate.

When I go up to Wisconsin, I expect it to be nice and cool...Even though it is compared to Texas, it's different. In Texas, I'm vegging out, in Wisconsin, I'm trying to enjoy the outdoors and not vegging out.

[purr-rat beauty]

3. Was there a current?

by the looks of the bridge it doesn't look hardly as high as many heights we see people jumping

sad loss nonetheless

[malaise]

4. The sign says no jumping, no diving

Young folks do what they do until they don’t.
I feel it for the parents

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. This happened late at night and there are strong currents.

Two factors that likely contributed to the tragedy.

I can't begin to imagine how much the family is devastated by this tragedy...

[Emile]

7. I jumped approx 50 feet high off my navy ship

at swim call in the Atlantic Ocean. When I hit the water it about broke me half. I never thought about ocean currents. I struggled to get back to the ship.

[malaise]

8. I've done a few jumps here and in other parts of the Caribbean

But never at night and always with friends/family and I can swim.

[edhopper]

9. Low bridge

Just a horrible tragedy.

[2naSalit]

10. There are strong currents in the channels...

It's similar on the cape. I spent a lot of my childhood there, we were never allowed to swim in the channels. We'd catch crabs there but never swim, you go to the beach or a lake for that.

That's really tragic.