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A Brooklyn teen died in an apparent drowning Tuesday afternoon after he jumped off the ledge of an upstate New York waterfall, authorities said.

The 16-year-old and another friend from the Big Apple landed in a swimming hole below Fawn’s Leap — a popular waterfall in the Catskill Mountains — but struggled when they got caught in a hydraulic current, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office said in a Wednesday news release.

Another swimmer who saw the two in trouble raced toward them, the sheriff’s office said.

The swimmer helped one of the boys, but couldn’t rescue the 16-year-old.

The boy’s body was eventually recovered by divers from the sheriff’s department, state police and the Athens Fire Department.


  The 16-year-old and another friend from the Big Apple landed in a swimming hole below Fawn’s Leap — a popular waterfall in the Catskill Mountains. Google MAps The 16-year-old and another friend from the Big Apple landed in a swimming hole below Fawn’s Leap — a popular waterfall in the Catskill Mountains. Google MAps

He was pronounced dead at the scene around 3:30 p.m. His identity has not been revealed.

The investigation into the tragic death is ongoing, according to the sheriff’s office.

Fawn’s Leap has become a popular destination for thrill seekers to jump into from cliffs that are about 25 feet high. It’s not uncommon for people to post videos of themselves online jumping into the water below.

The death comes after two rope rescue teams had to go down one of the cliffs to pull an injured adventurer on the bank of the swimming hole late last month, the Times Union reported.


  The boy’s body was eventually recovered by divers from the sheriff’s department, state police and the Athens Fire Department. Google MAps The boy’s body was eventually recovered by divers from the sheriff’s department, state police and the Athens Fire Department. Google MAps

And the day before, 16 people had to be rescued from the Fawn’s Leap and nearby Rat’s Hole on the Kaaterskill Creek after a downpour flooded the area, the newspaper reported.

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