Why is jumping from a bridge lethal?

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Obviously I know hitting the surface of water flatly would be lethal but you should be able to stay relatively unharmed if you jump like divers do.

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while the human body is mostly insensitive it “speed”, we feel changes in velocity quite badly,

n the case of these jumps is going from Near Terminal velocity to zero in a split second(hitting the water at such speeds is effectively going head 1st into a wall that wont give in).

if the impact alone doesn’t break your neck you will very likely knock yourself out or injure yourself just badly enough that you couldn’t leave water by yourself and you’d drown.

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