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Leap From Bridge With Parachute Saves Life
Robert Jumping Jack Niles, 22, leaped from the George Washington Bridge in New Jersey, deploying a parachute to descend 248 feet into the Hudson. He swam to shore, later confessing prior jumps at San Francisco Bay Bridge towers and Golden Gate Bridge. He lived in Oakland. The Encyclopedia American notes the Abipone Indians of Gran Chaco became extinct due to battles and a custom of killing nearly all children in families.
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Jack” Niles
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Encyclopedia American