New Braunfels welcomes home fallen United States Naval Academy Midshipman 2nd Class Luke Gabriel Bird as his funeral procession makes its way though downtown New Braunfels, Saturday, August 6, 2022.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) A midshipman from Texas died after falling over a waterfall in Chile, the U.S. Naval Academy announced Monday. Midshipman 2nd Class Luke Gabriel Bird of New Braunfels, Texas, was participating in a semester abroad program at Chile’s Arturo Prat Naval Academy, the U.S.