Over the years, three people have died during Bridge Day because of various BASE jumping-related accidents. In 1983, Michael Glenn Williams died when his gear was caught in the current after his jump. This was because there was only one rescue boat available at the time, a problem which has been fixed today with the provision of multiple rescue boats with at least one boat always being available before a jump. In 1987, Steve Gyrsting used gear that was not BASE-specific and died when his main chute refused to deploy during his jump. The third death was in 2006 when Brian Lee Schubert died after failing to deploy his parachute in time.