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Balcony jumper wanted to test himse

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This is a follow up to an early posting, anout a man found dead after apparently trying to leap from the 8th floor of an apartment building into the sea.

It doesn't appear to be suicide, or an accident, but defintely a case of self-removal from the gene pool due to an act of stupidity.

Balcony jumper wanted to test himself 5:00AM Wednesday April 30, 2008 By Alanah May Eriksen

The apartments on Princes Wharf, from which Adam Douglas Marshall jumped to his death. Photo / Glenn Jeffrey A man who died after jumping from an Auckland property tycoon's apartment was an experienced outdoorsman, talented snowboarder and a "cool, cool, guy", friends say.

Adam Douglas Marshall died when he tried to jump into the Waitemata Harbour from an eighth-floor Princes Wharf apartment.

The property is owned by multimillionaire businessman David Henderson.

Mr Marshall, 28, had been confident of making the jump, a distance of at least five metres out.

"Adam liked to party," friend Brent Harridge told the Herald.

"I thought he was probably boozed and doing something silly, but apparently his flatmate reckoned they'd split half-a-dozen beers."

Mr Marshall "just had it in his head" that he could make the jump, despite attempts to dissuade him.

"When Adam gets something in his head, there's no stopping him.

"A lot of the time that works in his favour and he does things or achieves things that other people wouldn't, but in this case it didn't pay off."

Police said Mr Marshall had been drinking with a group of five - including two of Mr Henderson's sons - when he climbed onto a balcony ledge and jumped, about 4am on Sunday.

Mr Henderson was sleeping at the apartment, and was woken by police, Senior Sergeant Matt Rogers said.

Party-goers had speculated on making the jump throughout the evening, before Mr Marshall's attempt, he said.

"Everyone we spoke to had the same story, there was nothing untoward or suspicious about it."

One of the party-goers, who had left by the time of the accident, told Mr Harridge no one believed Mr Marshall could have made the jump.

"Any time [the party-goer] had been there and stood on that balcony, never in a million years would he have thought it's jumpable ... it was a nasty night, everything was against him. The wind was blowing in his face."

Mr Harridge described his friend as an adventurous snowboarder and skier, who had tried big jumps before.

"Apparently he was not that boozed and was just sure he could do it.

"He definitely was a party boy. He always had a cheeky smile on his face and could definitely end up in trouble late at night ... but I don't think that's the case in this one."

Mr Marshall was a construction management student at Unitec, in Auckland, and had worked at Castles Marquee and Party Hire, in Glenfield, on and off for the past 13 years.

Castles colleague Janet Hood described him as a hard working and popular member of the team.

"Everyone loved him, he was a real charmer and when he went on jobs everyone wanted him to come back."

Mr Marshall lived with his girlfriend. A funeral is planned for Friday.

Submitted on 04/29/2008

Submitted by: Craig G
Reference: New Zealand Herald 30 Apr 08

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Chip said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
Thanks Craig but we have already recieved this follow-up article.


Tracy said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
Thanks, but we already have this story


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