yikes! Bungee Jump Without Being Tied On
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A 21-year-old woman fell to her death from a bridge in Brazil after bungee jump staff allegedly threw her over the edge without attaching her bungee rope.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was killed at the Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned railway bridge in Limeira, São Paulo, in front of horrified witnesses. Workers had launched her from the 130ft drop in a “Superman” pose."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/14/...
A 21-year-old woman fell to her death from a bridge in Brazil after bungee jump staff allegedly threw her over the edge without attaching her bungee rope.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was killed at the Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned railway bridge in Limeira, São Paulo, in front of horrified witnesses. Workers had launched her from the 130ft drop in a “Superman” pose."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/14/...
You know this awful incident has been all over my social media feeds today.
Didn't search for it. Didn't ask for it. Don't want to see it. But on X just about every other post seems to be this poor woman being thrown off a bridge.
As much as it's tragic I can't work out what would make someone want to be thrown off a bridge with a rope by what looks like a pretty dodgy bunch of people and I damned sure can't work out how we've got to a point where a video of her dying when they forget the rope is pretty much all over social media.
Whatever direction you look you're just left scratching your head going "what were you thinking?".
Just awful.
Didn't search for it. Didn't ask for it. Don't want to see it. But on X just about every other post seems to be this poor woman being thrown off a bridge.
As much as it's tragic I can't work out what would make someone want to be thrown off a bridge with a rope by what looks like a pretty dodgy bunch of people and I damned sure can't work out how we've got to a point where a video of her dying when they forget the rope is pretty much all over social media.
Whatever direction you look you're just left scratching your head going "what were you thinking?".
Just awful.
butchstewie said:
You know this awful incident has been all over my social media feeds today.
Didn't search for it. Didn't ask for it. Don't want to see it. But on X just about every other post seems to be this poor woman being thrown off a bridge.
I think I might have spotted your mistake.Didn't search for it. Didn't ask for it. Don't want to see it. But on X just about every other post seems to be this poor woman being thrown off a bridge.
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