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Article: BRIEF: USS Truman sailor drowns in Florida: The sailor from Virginia Beach died after jumping from a bridge in Fort Lauderdale.
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- Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
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- July 23, 2007
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Byline: Stephanie Heinatz
Jul. 23--A Naval Station Norfolk-based sailor serving on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier died Sunday night when he jumped from a Florida bridge.
The carrier, also based in Norfolk, is underway this week, participating in a training exercise off the East Coast.
The sailor, 22-year-old Adam Cline, jumped from a bridge "whether being funny or just trying to have a good time," another sailor told a Fox TV reporter in Florida.
Cline had been granted liberty from the ship, which had made a port call in Fort Lauderdale.
The other sailors present during the incident jumped in to ...