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LisaL

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

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 08:58 AM

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So they threw a young woman to her death.

"It was a team there that wasn't regulated; they didn't even have authorization to be there,” Delegate Andrea Dantas Levy reportedly told the outlet. “They ended up organizing this event, and," he contended, "this fatality happened today, in my perception, due to a failure to verify and supervise the placement of the rope on the victim's jump.”
https://people.com/woman-plummets-to-her-death-bungee-jump-staff-allegedly-forgot-safety-cord-11997684

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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