Did the earth move for you was that just AAAAAHHHHHHHH.....!!Here's the roof they fell from
and here's the happy couple
(Columbia) - The Richland County Coroner has identified a man and woman who fell to their deaths from a building on Laurel Street in downtown Columbia.
Late Wednesday night, Coroner Gary Watts identified the victims as 21-year-old Brent Tyler of Hilton Head and 21-year-old Chelsea Tumbleston of the Isle of Palms. Watts says he believes the two are students.
An autopsy will be performed Thursday.
An employee of Wild Wings confirmed to News19 that Tyler and Tumbleston both worked at the Wild Wings location in the Vista. Tumbleston also worked at the location in Harbison.
Columbia Police Chief Dean Crisp says Tyler and Tubleston were found by a taxi driver in one of the lanes of the 900 block of Laurel Street around 5:30 a.m.
Sergeant Florence McCants says the victims fell 50 to 60 feet from the sloping metal roof of the Palmetto Armory Building. They were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, and died a short time later. Crisp says the victims were found nude.
Police say there was no evidence of alcohol or drugs at the scene.
At this point, it appears the two got onto the roof by an adjacent parking garage. That's where officers say they found what they believe are the victim's clothes.
Naomi Mosley and her husband occasionally sleep at the parking garage where the couple gained access to the roof. She says she saw at least some of what led up to the deaths.
"I was getting up, packing up my stuff to get it out of the place," she says, when she noticed a young, nude couple arrive in a car, and climb onto the roof.
"When they came in, they was laughling, laughing and happy," says Mosley. "Her arm was up in the air, and he was pulling her up. He said 'baby I got you.'"
"If I could have gave them a warning, and tell them that's dangerous, go some other place," she says in retrospect.
Instead, Naomi says she and her husband decided to just mind their own business. They packed up their belongings and exited the parking garage around 5:30 a.m.
She then saw the taxi cab driver who found the bodies. Police were arriving to block off the streets.
"I said Lord God, I hope they gave their soul to you."
Naomi says it's a sight she wishes she'd never seen.
"Right now, I feel heartache that it happened. Because I don't want my worst enemy to fall off no roof like that."
