Carl Randall Brown, a 44 year old man from Portland, Oregon, was living in San Diego temporarily while working in a local shipyard. One afternoon he went out drinking with some buddies. He was quite drunk when he returned to the Bay View Suites Hotel where he was staying. Going out onto the balcony of his seventh floor room, he bragged to his buddies that he could jump from that balcony to the sixth floor balcony below. When he tried to demonstrate, he fell to his death on the pavement below.

www.signonsandiego.com is the U-T's website. Here are the actual stories, since they are archived after a week:

Copyright Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Feb 26, 2006

NATIONAL CITY -- A man trying to jump from the balcony of one hotel floor to the next instead fell to his death last night, police said.

The man, whose name was not released because his family had not yet been notified, fell from the seventh floor of the Bay View Suites Hotel.

Police said he was a Navy contractor who worked as a sandblaster. The hotel is used by the Navy and other employers to house contractors, said National City police Sgt. Randal Triviz.

Triviz said the man had been out drinking and returned to the hotel on National City Boulevard and Eighth Street intoxicated and boisterous.

About 5:45 p.m., the man told witnesses that he could jump from one floor to the next. He went to show them, and fell to the sidewalk below.

-- Elizabeth Fitzsimons

Copyright Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Feb 27, 2006

The man who died trying to jump from one balcony to another in a National City hotel over the weekend has been identified as Carl Randall Brown, 44, of Portland, Ore.

Brown died Saturday after telling fellow occupants of the Bay View Suites Hotel at National City Boulevard and Eighth Street that he could leap from his seventh-floor balcony to the sixth floor. His jump sent him to his death on the sidewalk below.

Witnesses told investigators Brown had been drinking in a nearby bar before the 5:45 p.m. leap. He was a sandblaster working as a contractor in a local shipyard, officials said.

He is survived by his mother and a child, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

Credit: UNION-TRIBUNE

Submitted on 03/06/2006

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: SD Union Trib, 2-26 & 2-27-06

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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
This is probably the most comprehensive account of this incident (and probably the most we're going to get). Now that all the details have come in, I can see this has some potential, though it may border on "too common". I will err in favor of it not being so and let Darwin have a look. Thanks for the update!

Sheryl said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Nope, I'm going for too common, plus there was alcohol involved. It sounds to me like another "Hey, watch this" stunt.

Jorge said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat

Charles said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
I'll leave this one up to Darwin to roll the various bits together... it's possible, though "Hold my beer. Watch this!" is pretty common.

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