On Labor Day, a soldier from Georgia died after jumping off a bridge while on an apparently enjoyable excursion. According to Stephanie Griffin, her son Cutter Baird, 19, celebrated the event with pals near Columbus’ Dillingham Street Bridge.
Baird had leapt from the bridge a hundred feet away.
“It appears that he slipped and did not have enough time to react to his body hitting the water,” Griffin stated. “When his body had hit the water, he hit it like a belly flop, and it crushed his chest cavity.”
Griffin claims that her kid was awake enough to swim back to the coast before collapsing. When first responders arrived, they made vain attempts to resuscitate him.
“He was my best friend,” Griffin added. “I talked to him every morning. Every night. As many times a day as possible.”
According to Griffin, her son works out of Fort Moore. He was a Private 2nd Class in the US Army.
Griffin went on, “He wanted to be a sniper,” adding that her son was from a military family, that he intended to attend Officer Candidate School, and that he intended to leave the service.
“He was a free spirit,” Griffin stated. “He was spunky and wild and passionate about the things that he loved. He loved his country.”
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According to the mother, her son shared her love of animals and even started a rescue center in Sparta, Georgia, where he was raised. By sharing her son’s tale, Griffin intends to raise awareness of the risks associated with bridge leaping.
“It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt,” she stated.
