Rope Jumper Falls to Her Death
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A witness to Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas' tragic end accused the rope-jumping crew of evidence tampering.
Extreme sports sell a feeling: that jolt of adrenaline, a view most people never see, a story you'll tell for years. What they don't advertise quite as loudly is how quickly things can go wrong when even one small detail gets overlooked.
A 21-year-old woman plunged to her death during a rope-jumping event in Brazil after three men allegedly forgot to attach a safety cord, according to the Associated Press. On June 13, Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was launched from Ponte do Esqueleto ...