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16-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Jumping From Waterfall In Greene County 16-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Jumping From Waterfall In Greene County
16-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Jumping From Waterfall In Greene County A teenager has died after jumping from a popular waterfall in the region. The Greene County incident happened at around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at Fawn’s Leap, located near the hamlet of Haines Falls in the Town of Hunter. Greene County Sheriff’s officials said a group of teens, all from Brooklyn, was swimming in Kaaterskill Creek when a 16-year-old boy and a friend jumped from a ledge at the top of the falls. Both teens landed in the water at the base of the falls where the current proved to be too strong for them to swim out of. Another swimmer noticed they were struggling and was ab…

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