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3 unusual facts about Bridge Day


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In 1983, Michael Glenn Williams from Birmingham, Alabama, drowned when his gear was caught in the current after he made a successful jump.

In 1987, Steven Gyrsting of Paoli, Pennsylvania, jumped using gear that was not BASE-specific gear and was killed after he was unable to open his reserve chute in time when his main chute failed to deploy.

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Later that year, Sibray, as publisher, was named in a trademark suit filed by the Fayette County New River Gorge Bridge Day Commission over use of the name "Bridge Day," 3 which had been employed since 2002 by the publisher of "wvbridgeday.com."



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