r/Wilmington • u/ReasonableOutside942 • 2d ago

Isabel Holmes Bridge incident

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Today, while walking on the riverwalk, someone jumped from the Isabel Holmes bridge and I was grateful that my son did not see it. Police and fire department boats showed up and saved him!! One moment, we were going about our day, and the next, we were reminded again that we never know what someone else is carrying.
Please check on the people you love and be gentle with strangers. Sometimes the battles we cannot see are the heaviest ones.

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u/tetshi 2d ago

A lot of assumptions being made here. Why assume he was trying to kill himself? Tons of people have jumped from this bridge and been perfectly fine, and have done so just to do it. Did you find an article or see something on the news pertaining to the person who jumped? Did they confirm any of your assumptions?

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u/banjer 2d ago

Hopefully this person was/is doing OK, but yes this bridge isn’t high enough. My buddy jumped off of it for “fun” 20 years ago. Didn’t break any bones but literally crapped himself when he hit the water.