The girl was trying to take a selfie at MY building in Panama. Thought it was suicide, but no, she was attempting to take a selfie! For Christ sake, think before trying to take the worlds greatest selfie to impress your friends and a bunch strangers. She literally posted on her FB 6 hours ago then died. Can’t upload here, see my FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/WillBrinkOnline
PS, if anyone wants to embed that vid here, feel free to do so.
Video won’t play for me, but I can probably figure it out.
Welcome to South Florida.
I really struggle to feel bad about these things. People are just getting dumber and dumber.
Per above, at my condo in Panama.
Yes well, it was Darwin at work, but damn! Im sure that will be all over the social media shortly and maybe, just maybe, someone will think twice before getting that selfie they think they need so bad.
Modernity, this is quickly becoming a pretty common phenomenon now days.
More than 250 people worldwide have died taking selfies, study finds
More than 250 people worldwide have died while taking selfies in the last six years, according to a new study from researchers associated with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, a group of public medical colleges based in New Delhi. The findings, which analyzed news reports of the 259 selfie-related deaths from October 2011 to November 2017, were published in the July-August edition of the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.
Of the 259 deaths, researchers found the leading cause to be drowning, followed by incidents involving transportation — for example, taking a selfie in front of an oncoming train — and falling from heights. Other causes of selfie-related deaths include animals, firearms and electrocution.
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Here is an example I happened upon social media just last week. I see shit like this more and more.
We have one mutual friend…
If I didn’t know you, I’d say that it was a hoax. A dummy (mannequin) or something.
How about the lady a level down, that must have been a WTF did I just see.
It’s just crazy.
sadly no instead how Trump is a racist and Kav needs to go and Kanye needs a intervention you know left priorities and all
that was like yikes and so sad for the parents no clue what she was thinking on that ?
Saw your FB post. Daymn. Part of me feels bad for the girl because it’s a terrible accident but the other part of me wants to say the whole stupid games / stupid prizes tho.
I think it’s OK to feel both ways!
Please don’t link us to anything on FB. **** FB!
Where in Panama?
Damn that was a hell of a fall. How tall is that building?
Well regardless of the err in judgement, this can’t be easy for anyone involved. Families, friends and workers alike. Sorry about the dark day WIll.
I used to work construction to earn money for college, one summer I did cement work on a high rise in Chicago.
Man, people don’t even know or they become so complacent due to familiarity that they don’t understand how dangerous it is up that high, patio or not.
I’ve seen some pretty crazy stuff up on the edge.
Wait, you own that, a part of it?
Damn, that sucks.
So people were just randomly filming the side of the building before she fell?
El Cangrejo
30 floors I think
I own a condo in that buiding yes.
I think she was being erratic and it caught his attention so he decided to film her and then that. I’m thinking suicide while taking a selfie. Be interesting to see what’s on that phone for pics.
I’m thinking the same thing, after looking at it more closely. At first, I thought that she had reached her hand behind her to stop herself from falling backwards, and that it was an accident, but then I also noticed that she didn’t let go of the selfie stick the whole way down. If I had fallen backwards on accident, my natural reaction would have been to let go of the selfie stick immediately in an attempt to grab a hold of anything around me. Seems too calm - no scream of terror on the way down, too.