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TexasTowelie

(112,056 posts)
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 09:15 PM Nov 2020

'I did it for my dream': YouTuber fractures skull leaping off Austin bridge

A YouTuber was hospitalized last week with a fractured skull after jumping off an Austin bridge into the Colorado River.

Saa Fomba leaped from the Pennybacker Bridge on Nov. 23 and spent several days in the hospital. He posted a video of the stunt Friday with the title, "I Jumped Off A Bridge, Now My Skull Is Fractured."

"Hopefully this video motivates you to chase your dreams," Fomba tells viewers, while wearing a patient gown and wincing in pain.

The footage shows Fomba climbing the bridge's arch, high above the Capital of Texas Highway and the water below. A woman records from the banks of the river as he holds his arms up, then leaps into the air.

Read more: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/I-did-it-for-my-dream-YouTuber-fractures-skull-15764256.php

I wonder who is going to pay the hospital bill for this stunt?

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'I did it for my dream': YouTuber fractures skull leaping off Austin bridge (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2020 OP
Wtf? XanaDUer2 Nov 2020 #1
Some people are just that crazy/suicidal/ Mentally ill Mystery sage Nov 2020 #2
What a numbskull Blue Owl Nov 2020 #3
I see that YouTube has removed the video. TexasTowelie Nov 2020 #4

TexasTowelie

(112,056 posts)
4. I see that YouTube has removed the video.
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 11:12 PM
Nov 2020

A good decision since it is encouraging to others that may attempt such foolishness. So much for the dreams about being on YouTube.

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