The Life of Robert Colfax

In 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge opened. It was a suspension bridge that stood over 200 feet above the water. Ronald Donaldson had tried while the bridge was being built in 1882 to jump off of it. The other two times the construction workers stopped him. Robert was next. In 1885 he went to New York and there he was interviewed by the New York Herald. He said: "I have four years illustrated the fact that men do not die while falling through the air"