Posted on 10/27/2022 2:06:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 44-year-old California man died jumping after a woman off the 40-foot Huntington Beach Pier this weekend, authorities said.
The victim was identified by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as Fenton Dee III, of Norwalk.
According to the authorities, police were called to the pier at around 6:30 p.m. Sunday in response to reports of a man and a woman who had jumped into the water. The 36-year-old woman who was with Dee survived the leap and was able to swim ashore unharmed, reported Fox 11.
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Only JAX references allowed: Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, and Molly Hatchet.
I guess Allman Brothers Band as well...
The pier is only about 30 feet. Not that it matters. He probably hit one of the piles on the way down or got thrashed against them by the waves.
I was taught to have my hands in fists tight to the sides, but it is a minor difference.
They got 1/2 the money and all the p......power. Behold the power.
Sure. And if you don’t know what you are doing it can be as dangerous as a 40 foot drop onto concrete.
For nothing simp death
>>Hell of a way to do a breakup
Read/heard elsewhere that it was his sister - so I will give him a small break.
Enter like a spear then flare the limbs to brake.
44 years old and should’ve known better.
Gotta wonder if the girl knew how risky it was to the unprepared. Heck of a way to cull out her suitors if so.
He decided to take the plunge
I it didn’t work out
“Feet first, point your toes, cover your nuts with your hands, and keep your chin tucked.”
I did that at 50’ and it stripped my pants off and I had to swim to the bottom, get them and make a flotation device. I passed. Oh, you forgot to hold your nose.
“No good deed goes unpunished.”
The end of that pier (HB Main Beach) water depth is about 30ft depending on the tide
/glares at EEGator, with narrowed eyes...
"My name is Rebecca, but my friends call me Salamander" just doesn't work as well, does it?...
In my youth I often swam that far out next to the pier, which was just beyond the outer surfline. (The “outer waves” are no longer there, since a storm in the late 80s flattened out the sand bar in the area.)
Given the gradual sandy slope, I would estimate the water depth to be around 20 feet, depending on the tide.
He was jumping in to rescue his sister.
Very unfortunate.
He was her brother:
Hardly lethal unless u hit something in water or couldn’t swim
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