Probe Launched into Death of West Point Cadet Jacob D. Bower, Found Unresponsive During Training in Wooded Area

How did West Point cadet Jacob D. Bower of Fairmont, W. Va., die? According to the AJC, the U.S. Military Academy has launched an investigation how a seemingly healthy 18-year-old cadet died during a land navigation exercise. Bower was found unresponsive by his fellow cadets on Thursday in a wooded area used for training. They tried to revive him, but their efforts were futile and he died. It is not clear if the heat played a role in his death, since the temperature in the Hudson Valley were in the 90s on Thursday. There was mention of a surgical procedure performed on Bower last year to remove a bone cyst in his pelvis, but his father, Dean Bower, said he had fully recovered and had no other health problems. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Jacob Bower.

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