polksalet Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/local...er_and_8217.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 ummm...that's a blank page, polk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 wow, I am the idiot, lemme try it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 try this http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/local...er_and_8217.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 that is really wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 Search still on for bridge jumper: ‘I don’t think he knew how far it was to the water’ By: Terri Richardson - Texarkana Gazette - Published: 06/19/2007 Darrell Reynolds and Terry Purvis, both with Miller County Emergency Management, use sonar Monday to search the Red River southeast of Doddridge, Ark. Jody Cook 32, at right, jumped from the Two Rivers Bridge—a height of more than 100 feet—as a stunt Saturday evening. The Fouke resident has not been seen since. DODDRIDGE, Ark.—The search for Jody Cook, a 32-year-old man from Fouke, continued Monday on the Red River. Cook jumped about 7 p.m. Saturday from the Two Rivers Bridge on Highway 160 for a thrill. Technology has played a significant part in the search. Emergency workers have used side sonar systems on the boats, measured the height of the bridge with lasers and used the Global Positioning System to track where the boats have looked. Pictures taken with the sonar will also be analyzed on a computer to better determine their subject. “We used the sonar equipment and took some pictures of some points of interest. We’re going to put them on a computer to see what we’ve got,” said Terry Purvis, Miller County Emergency Management coordinator. “The Red River is unlike any other river in the United States. All we can do is look, evaluate and keep trying,” Purvis said. Divers and dragging cannot be used the same as in still-water searches because of river turbulence and rapidly changing currents. Search crews first took boats out about 8:30 p.m. Saturday. They searched from about 7:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. both Sunday and Monday. “They have located objects that look suspicious. There were five objects that fit the dimensions of what we’re looking for,” said Shawn Hervey with Texas Parks and Wildlife. Hervey volunteered Monday to assist Miller County Office of Emergency Services with their sonar and search. “We’re going to continue looking and probably put some drags in this evening if they can, but with the current, I doubt it,” Hervey said. “If someone drowns, they go straight down,” Hervey said. Hervey mentioned the case of a Sulphur River drowning victim who was found about 50 feet from where he entered the water. Thomas said the bridge was more than 100 feet above the river, and hitting the water from that height would be “just like hitting concrete.” “If he did jump from that bridge, then I don’t think he knew how far it was to the water,” said Thomas. Thomas and others with the Doddridge Volunteer Fire Department were at the river Saturday night to help search crews. He also said the river has more current now than it did Saturday as it has settled back into its banks. Red River is about 25 to 30 feet deep in the shallowest areas the search crews are looking. “The thing with this river is that when the water is up, there is not as much current. The lower it gets, the faster the takeout and more current,” said Thomas. James Hoss was driving across the bridge when Cook jumped. He and Cook have been friends for more than 17 years, Hoss said. “He was acting normal and laid back ... in a good mood,” said Hoss, of Ruston, La., in an interview Sunday. Cook has a history of jumping from bridges. He is known around Fouke for thrill seeking and daredevil antics. Some even described him as an adrenaline junky. “Anybody who spent time around him knew he didn’t go off there thinking ‘this is it.’ He went off there thinking ‘watch this,’” Hoss said. Hoss said he was driving his Dodge truck on the Two Rivers Bridge about 7 p.m. Saturday with Cook as a passenger. He said Cook took off his shoes, shirt and glasses, then smiled and, without comment, jumped out of the truck and off the bridge. Tyra Cook, his wife of six years, was following in a car with their two daughters, Kylie, 3, and 8-month-old Jody. She and her daughters waited at the river Sunday. In their teen years, Hoss and Cook jumped from every bridge in Miller County except the Two Rivers Bridge. They swam the Red River at flood stages twice, Hoss said. Both Tyra Cook and Hoss said they do not believe Jody Cook intended to die as a result of jumping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 I wish the page would have loaded, it is a killer looking bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 (edited) http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Darre...G=Google+Search Edited June 19, 2007 by H8tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Oh man, I can't tell you how many bridges I have jumped off... some close to that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKnight Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 ummm...that's a blank page, polk. I think he meant the whole state... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controller Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Just google "Two rivers bridge Red River" and it's the first link that comes up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 hmm doesn't look that far .. unless he went head first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Oh man, I can't tell you how many bridges I have jumped off... some close to that one. +1, but not quite that high. There was one here that high (Corso Bridge) that we used to jump from the "crow's nest". I've known several people who've jumped from it, a couple that got hurt. One guy died off it when he jumped & hit a log under the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Oh man, I can't tell you how many bridges I have jumped off... some close to that one. And I saw the one you jumped off from too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Oh man, I can't tell you how many bridges I have jumped off... some close to that one. +2 Jumped from plenty of bridges and would love to get people to bet me that I would not do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Tyra Cook, his wife of six years, was following in a car with their two daughters, Kylie, 3, and 8-month-old Jody. IMO once you have kids you pretty much forfeit your right to act like an idiot. Apparently this guy didn't get the memo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I've jumped off a bridge that was about 75 feet high. We used to do it all the time in high school. One guy died doing it, but he did it at the end of the summer when the water was low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 IMO once you have kids you pretty much forfeit your right to act like an idiot. Apparently this guy didn't get the memo. True, but they can at times make it much more tempting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 IMO once you have kids you pretty much forfeit your right to act like an idiot. Mom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I've done like 60-75 feet, but that was enough to make me realize that 100 feet is insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I've done a fair amount of cliff jumping and I'd bet money all of you guys thinking you were jumping 70 feet were jumping 35 feet and so on. Free fall distance is overestimated like wind speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Off a diving board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonkis Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I jumped in a puddle yesterday with my 5 year old. That was fun enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I've done a fair amount of cliff jumping and I'd bet money all of you guys thinking you were jumping 70 feet were jumping 35 feet and so on. Free fall distance is overestimated like wind speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Prove it BOLD FACED LIAR. Like SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS !!!tard said above, you are a liar. No offense, but you have not done anything near as brave as you claim. A bottle of W.L. Weller will make a coward brave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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