LANTANA, Fla. - It seems a father's plan to cure his daughter's fear of heights fell short. Troy Stewart and his 10-year-old daughter were on their daily bike ride about 7:45 p.m. Monday when Stewart, 31, suggested they jump off a 15 foot bridge. Stewart held his daughter Meagan Stewart's hand as they jumped off the bridge into the Intracoastal Waterway, authorities said.

　　这看起来似乎是一位父亲为救治女儿的恐高症而付出的良苦用心。周一晚上7点45分，特洛伊·斯图尔特和10岁的女儿正在进行每天的骑自行车运动。31岁的斯图尔特建议女儿和他一起从一座15英尺高的桥上跳下去，后来斯图尔特举起女儿麦奇的手，二人一起跳进了桥下的河道中。

　　"At first he said, `Do you want to do it or not?'" Meagan said. "I thought, `It's kind of high,' and then he's like, `Trust me.'"

　　女儿麦奇回忆说：“他开始问‘你想不想跳？’我在犹豫，他说‘这里有些高’，然后他想跳并说‘相信我。’。”

　　Meagan made the jump safely, but her father ended up with a broken leg. She rode her bike half a mile home and told her mother, Mandy Potter. Potter called authorities who found Stewart waiting on the edge of Lantana Bicentennial Park.

　　麦奇跳下桥后安全着陆，但她父亲的一条腿却断了。事发后，麦奇骑了半英里的自行车赶回家通知母亲曼迪·波特。波特报警后，警方赶到时发现斯图尔特坐在Lantana Bicentennial公园的边上。

　　"In his mind, he was playing," Potter, 32, said of her partner of 10 years. "But I don't condone his child's play."

　　结婚10年的波特谈起丈夫的行为时表示：“在他看来他是在做游戏，但我不能宽恕他这种幼稚的行为。”

　　Stewart was not charged since Meagan jumped willingly. Officials from the state Department of Children & Families planned to interview Potter.

　　由于女儿麦奇是自愿跳桥的，斯图尔特没有被控告。斯图尔特所在州的儿童与家庭部门官员打算还将询问波特具体情况。

　　"This is an example of what not to do as a parent," police Capt. Andy Rundle said. "And let this be a lesson to everybody: Somebody's tried it, and it's not a good idea."

　　警官安迪·陆德说：“这就告诉了做父母的什么是不该做的事情。它对每个人而言都上了一课：有人已经尝试过那种方法了，那不是一个好主意。”

　　Meagan said she was not upset with her father, but she planned to have a talk with him when he returned home from the hospital.

　　麦奇表示，她没有生爸爸的气，但是她准备等爸爸出院后和他谈一次。

　　"I'm going to tell him I don't think he should have done that and you should have learned your lesson," she said.

　　她说：“我准备告诉他，我觉得他没有必要那样做，他必须吸取教训。”

　　（国际在线教育专稿 蒋黎黎）