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Jumping Off A Building, No Problem. Swimming, Though....
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This dude was a budding superstar of parkour, and if you don't know what parkour is, go YouTube it. I'll wait... Okay, now you know it's that "sport" that involves guys -- it's mostly guys -- basically running and bouncing off walls and jumping off buildings and behaving like Daniel Craig in that opening scene from "Casino Royale." Anyway, this dude was becoming huge in the parkour field, but now he's dead. Why? He drowned trying to swim across a river in downtown Fort Lauderdale. He and some friends had spent all night parkour-ing around town, and while resting, he decided to swim across the river, spent 15 minutes psyching himself up for it, and then tried, and failed. "Extreme" athletes think they're invincible; it's like they're born without fear. That can be a good thing, but combine that with poor judgment and this is what happens. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
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