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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 25 > ‘Very lucky. Extremely lucky.’

‘Very lucky. Extremely lucky.’

Travis Niles dove into the Deschutes River from a Bend footbridge and came up with a broken neck and back. But he’s able to walk and may escape long-term injury.

By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin
August 25, 2009

Jennifer Frisby, 25, of Bend, has jumped off the wooden pedestrian bridge near Columbia Park more times than she can count.

But on Thursday, as she watched her boyfriend dive into the Deschutes River off a bridge she knows so well, she kept thinking, "Come up OK. Come up OK."

"He....

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