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6. You have one "semi important" FUCKING job to do...

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 12:25 AM

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Bungee jump workers forget to attach rope. Woman dead, 6 arrested [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday OP

Weird she was carried onto platform & shoved off. SheltieLover Saturday #1

Everything about this is weird MustLoveBeagles Saturday #2

It sure is weird! SheltieLover Saturday #3

Very strange. They should have a triple check process BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #4

I don't see them making any attempts to attach her to anything. LisaL Yesterday #20

Same here. niyad Yesterday #5

And her fiance needed medical treatment? nuxvomica Yesterday #8

Sounds like he was in shock Bayard Yesterday #10

Yeah, the police always suspect the spouse or boyfriend first. C Moon Yesterday #12

If circumstances are unknown. LisaL Yesterday #40

How sensitive should you be when your fiance is killed right in front of you? nt CozyMystery Yesterday #14

It's not a detail usually reported nuxvomica Yesterday #16

Really. LisaL Yesterday #39

She wasn't struggling. StarryNite Yesterday #9

Possibly drugged? SheltieLover Yesterday #15

I think she was expecting to have a normal bungee jumping experience. LisaL Yesterday #21

I can't imagine what a "normal bungee jumping experience" might be displacedvermoter Yesterday #28

Don't ask me, you couldn't pay me enough. LisaL Yesterday #29

Seems like I would be checking the connection myself, displacedvermoter Yesterday #30

Considering these people don't appear to have a clue as to what they are supposed to be doing, LisaL Yesterday #33

They toss people to have them swing away from wall/edge BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #42

You are not going to swing if you are not attached to anything. LisaL Yesterday #43

You have one "semi important" FUCKING job to do... Enter stage left Yesterday #6

Fortunately, there was probably very little time between when she realized something was wrong and... LudwigPastorius Yesterday #7

She was pushed, BidenRocks Yesterday #11

On the video, the two men carry her, then throw her off. LisaL Yesterday #19

Watching the video (non-graphic) sarisataka Yesterday #13

How did she not realize there wasn't anything tied to her ankles EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #17

She might not know what is supposed to be done to make it safe and assume LisaL Yesterday #18

Agreed the staff absolutely screwed up EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #26

Sounds like these event workers had no clue how to do it properly. LisaL Yesterday #22

When I was in the service 40 years ago. Jacson6 Yesterday #23

I think it's a little different if you forget to tie off your own rope versus LisaL Yesterday #24

Of course it is. n/t Jacson6 Yesterday #25

Hmm, I was in the service about the same time, and have trouble imagining RandomNumbers Yesterday #38

They had a chief that fouled up. Jacson6 Yesterday #41

You'd think the stupid asshole holding her feet would notice the cord wasn't attached. sop Yesterday #27

This is premeditated murder. NT Celerity Yesterday #31

That's what I'm thinking. Does not add up at all. harumph Yesterday #32

I sincerely doubt it. LisaL Yesterday #34

they need to REALLY talk to, and investigate all involved, including the BF Celerity Yesterday #36

I am not saying they shouldn't investigate, but I don't see this as a murder conspiracy. LisaL Yesterday #37

Holy shit. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #35

Eh...women are disposible GenThePerservering Yesterday #44