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PORTLAND, OR — A local family is in mourning after 44-year-old Ron Breckman tragically passed away this week following what experts are calling “a reckless and ultimately fatal decision” to drink directly from a downtown Portland Benson Bubbler.
“He just leaned in and drank,” said his wife, Susan Breckman. “He thought it was city water. I told him not to, that I’d seen someone wash a sock in that same fountain the day before. But he said, ‘They’re historic. It’s probably fine.’”
Witnesses say Ron ignored multiple red flags, including an unconscious man slumped nearby, several pigeons bathing in the basin, and a strong odor of… something.
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