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Two More Cornell Gorge Deaths

Two More Cornell Gorge DeathsWithin hours of each other, two students died in Ithaca's infamous gorges on Saturday. One student was visiting; the other was a Cornell junior. Both deaths are thought to be accidental.

This weekend's deaths follow another summer gorge death, when a senior went swimming the day after graduation, the Cornell Sun reports. All three deaths were at Fall Creek Gorge, pictured above. If you own an "Ithaca Is Gorges" shirt, consider destroying it. [Cornell Sun, image via Gail Tang/Flickr]

Update: An earlier version of this article said four people died in the gorges this year. The correct number is three. Apologies.

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