Posted on 09/14/2006 7:14:47 PM PDT by annie laurie
LANTANA, Fla. Sep 13, 2006 (AP)— It seems a father's plan to cure his daughter's fear of heights fell short. Troy Stewart and his 10-year-old daughter were on their daily bike ride about 7:45 p.m. Monday when Stewart, 31, suggested they jump off a 15 foot bridge. Stewart held his daughter Meagan Stewart's hand as they jumped off the bridge into the Intracoastal Waterway, authorities said.
"At first he said, `Do you want to do it or not?'" Meagan said. "I thought, `It's kind of high,' and then he's like, `Trust me.'"
Meagan made the jump safely, but her father ended up with a broken leg. She rode her bike half a mile home and told her mother, Mandy Potter. Potter called authorities who found Stewart waiting on the edge of Lantana Bicentennial Park.
"In his mind, he was playing," Potter, 32, said of her partner of 10 years. "But I don't condone his child's play."
Stewart was not charged since Meagan jumped willingly. Officials from the state Department of Children & Families planned to interview Potter.
"This is an example of what not to do as a parent," police Capt. Andy Rundle said. "And let this be a lesson to everybody: Somebody's tried it, and it's not a good idea."
Meagan said she was not upset with her father, but she planned to have a talk with him when he returned home from the hospital.
"I'm going to tell him I don't think he should have done that and you should have learned your lesson," she said.
Meagan,
Don't trust him.
Damn...what a fool. Fifteen feet isn't anything to sneeze at, even if the landing surface is loose sand or whatever. Nevermind taking your child along with you for the drop. Sheesh.
Meagan said she was not upset with her father, but she planned to have a talk with him when he returned home from the hospital.
"I'm going to tell him I don't think he should have done that and you should have learned your lesson," she said.
Meagan should ground him for a month!
Noted.
But -- just so I know -- going 90 mph on the highway while steering my car with my feet is still OK, right? If it makes my kids laugh?
I jumped off a bridge(it was the famous Tallahatchie one) once, but it was "hold my beer" moment quite literally.
If Johnny jumped off a bridge, does that mean you would, too?!
Of course!
Apparently they jumped off a bridge into the water.
But it's still dumb. From that height you would hit the water pretty hard, and unless you know the area there could be submerged rocks or pilings.
Who's the parent?
Who's the parent?
It seems there wasn't one, if he was pulling a moronic stunt like this.
ROFLMAO!
Hey Dad, here's your sign!
Fifteen feet is like jumping off a fairly high diving board at a big public pool.
I suspect the depth of what they jumped into was a lot less deep than he thought.
Still stupid, he didn't know the depth, what could have been in the water regarding sharp objects.
So did it work?
Maybe he landed on a gator.
Understatement of the century...
Who writes this crap> Is the author like, ah, like, ah, a like a Valley Girl.
"I'm going to tell him I don't think he should have done that and you should have learned your lesson,"
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