Two individuals attempted to escape into adjacent bush following the fall, but were apprehended by a police helicopter, according to Brazilian media.
They even ran away, wtf
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She's a "model," so these losers got so excited about putting their hands on a pretty girl, they all totally forgot to do their jobs.
It's like the car mechanic that gets so flabbergasted by the pretty customer, that he forgets to put the lug nuts on her wheels.
Dipshits.
Just woke up. Normally I don't go searching for more after something like that. But I saw a photo of the actual place and decided to click on that. This gives you a better idea of that went and how dumb that was:
Like 3 people who do that every day totally forgot to do their job. And well she had no questions. So that makes at least 4 people.
My parents taught me bunjee jumping was foolhardy, and a constant source of deaths. It can screw up your back even when it goes right.
I've seen some harrowing footage too, like the cord breaking and people falling to their death.
If I ever did a bungee you can be sure I'd be checking I'm attached multiple times before I'm anywhere near the drop, I find it crazy she just trusted she was or that anyone wouldn't check.
Is this murder or manslaughter?
It appears to be brazil, idk how they do those things. Negligent homicide at the least in the US. The pic from a post below your comment really puts this in context. She was unhooked and three dudes threw her off as she played bird.
Manslaughter generally, though legal definitions depend on jurisdiction.
Much like a drink driver, they did not intend to kill her.
It was in Limeira, Brazil. It's rope jumping.
Oopsie-daisy
"Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, the victim’s local name, fell to her death in front of startled onlookers who yelled, “The rope people, the rope.”"
I got a couple of things on this...my local name is also my global name. Like I'm not Mike locally but you can call me Jason in Spain and China.
The other thing is that I saw the video and she has no bongee attached to her! Like they literally just threw her off the side of the revine or cliff. On the floor you can see some kind of rope that she is not attached to. That rope is small in diameter. Like the kind you pull your dog with. Bongees are usually thick like the size of your wrist thick.
I presume the global name is a bad translation for what would be called her stage name.
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Probably just her actual name. I'm sure the locals didn't know you as 'altphoto@lemmy.today' either.
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Why is anyone throwing anyone? I didn't want to watch a morbid video, but should't she know that she wasn't attached to anything??
To be clear, the videos don't show her falling, just the workers tossing her off the drop, still incredibly scary and I understand why someone wouldn't want to watch it, just mentioning that it doesn't show the actual injury.
In this setup, 2 workers have her hoisted above their heads with her in a superman kinda pose. Because of the way she's being held, I can easily see her not noticing that anything was wrong.
Obviously the tether should have been attached long before they even picked her up. The thing that gets me is the worker in the back holding her legs has the clip where the cable should be attached dangling right in front of his face.
startled onlookers who yelled, “The rope people, the rope.”
I mean, I get it, but the kindest thing to do at that point is to not clue her in. She’s already going to be horrifically injured in the absolute best case scenario, more likely she won’t survive. Give her a few extra seconds to feel like she’s flying, not falling.
People have survived some pretty crazy falls. Shit like falling from an airplane at terminal velocity and surviving by landing in a bush.
As a general rule, do not treat people as unsaveable unless you know what you're doing. Call an ambulance for "dead" people. Drag suicidal people from the edge kicking and screaming. Bury yourself in dirt when a wildfire overtakes your position. Tell people to hold on as long as they can through famine, disease, and disaster.
You would save her a couple seconds of panic at the cost of some chance of helping her hold on to over a billion seconds of her future. What are the odds she would survive if and only if she knows there's no rope? One in a million? One in a billion? Still worth it.
So, er, have you checked if you're passively suicidal? here's a nice scale. I would recommend you talk about it with a therapist or with friends at a 4 or above.
If she’s midair after having been thrown, there’s no chance for her to positively impact her situation. She could still survive, but she’s got a better chance if her body’s relaxed and not freaking the fuck out. If onlookers have noticed, she’s most likely midair. Of course if she’s still standing there, say something, but how are bystanders going to notice that she’s not attached before she’s left the platform?
If the rope were attached to her and not the platform, it would be possible to do something, but she was just tossed into a free fall
So, er, have you checked if you're passively suicidal? here's a nice scale. I would recommend you talk about it with a therapist or with friends at a 4 or above.
If it weren’t so genuine and consistent with the rest of your comment, I’d think you were concern trolling, because that’s a hell of a leap. I just didn’t start from the premise that her awareness of the situation increases her survival chances. I’m terrified of heights and I’d prefer to wake up with surprise injuries than wake up with injuries after experiencing blinding fear. Otherwise, I’d prefer to go out not seeing it coming, if the other option is spending my last few seconds in heart stopping terror. In an ideal world, I’d live long enough that people at my funeral make conversation with each other about what the world must have been like when I was born.
It’s pretty common to want to go out in a stress free situation.
I get what you're saying about the one in a million, one in a billion, doesn't matter still try, but specifically in this case I would think you're far more likely going to make her tense up which is a bad thing for falls and high intensity impacts.
So in this instance you've got a nine out of ten chance of making things worse, and a one in a million chance of making things better.
I still agree always try to help no matter how small the chance, but I don't think yelling about the rope is gonna help anyone here.