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EdmondDantes_

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26. Agreed the staff absolutely screwed up

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 09:15 AM

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And maybe she was drunk or otherwise inebriated, but I think it's hard otherwise to miss the bungee cord part of a bungee jump. But again there's no chance you'd ever get me to try it, so I'm speaking entirely hypothetically. Maybe she was really nervous.

Either way, the responsibility still lies with the professionals.

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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 Sunday #20

Same here. niyad Sunday #5

And her fiance needed medical treatment? nuxvomica Sunday #8

Sounds like he was in shock Bayard Sunday #10

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

If circumstances are unknown. LisaL Sunday #40

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

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

Really. LisaL Sunday #39

She wasn't struggling. StarryNite Sunday #9

Possibly drugged? SheltieLover Sunday #15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She was pushed, BidenRocks Sunday #11

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

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

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

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

Agreed the staff absolutely screwed up EdmondDantes_ Sunday #26

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is premeditated murder. NT Celerity Sunday #31

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

I sincerely doubt it. LisaL Sunday #34

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

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

Holy shit. Baitball Blogger Sunday #35

Eh...women are disposible GenThePerservering Sunday #44