To the south, boats in Newport Harbor twinkled; north, Narragansett Bay stretched in darkness toward Providence. The air was about 66 degrees but there was no wind. Summer had arrived, a tad cool but nonetheless welcome in a year that had dawned with an historic blizzard. Gonsalves stepped from his car and went to the north-side railing. It is about 3 feet high, easy to scale. Were he to jump, his body would rapidly accelerate, reaching about 81 miles per hour when he hit the surface in a journey lasting just over three seconds. He would cause a splash, but the sight and sound of it would be lost in the night. Gonsalves jumped.

<div dir="ltr">To the south, boats in Newport Harbor twinkled; north, Narragansett Bay stretched in darkness toward Providence. The air was about 66 degrees but there was no wind. Summer had arrived, a tad cool but nonetheless welcome in a year that had dawned with an historic blizzard.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Gonsalves stepped from his car and went to the north-side railing.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">It is about 3 feet high, easy to scale.</div>
<div dir="ltr">&nbsp;</div>
<div dir="ltr">Were he to jump, his body would rapidly accelerate, reaching about 81 miles per hour when he hit the surface in a journey lasting just over three seconds. He would cause a splash, but the sight and sound of it would be lost in the night.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Gonsalves jumped.</div>

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