Brazilian thrill-seeker dives head-first into the ground in fatal bungee jump
- 7 years ago
SÃO PAULO — The shocking moment that a Brazilian thrill-seeker died in front of his family in a bungee jump gone horribly wrong has been captured on video.
The incident happened on Sunday in São Paulo state, when Fabio Ezequiel de Moraes, 36, thought it would be a good idea to jump off a 130-foot high railway bridge with an elastic cord tied around his ankle.
The only problem with that was nobody had checked to see if the cord was too long.
Moraes slammed head-first into the ground, the Sun reported, citing Brazilian newspaper Reporter Diario.
First responders arrived on the scene and rushed Moraes to the hospital but the head trauma proved too great, and he died soon afterward.
Things could have been a lot worse, though. Moraes originally planned to jump with his 6-year-old son, but decided at the last minute that he would do it solo.
Sadly however, the poor boy witnessed his father’s tragic death. Moraes’ horrified wife, brother, and his brother’s girlfriend also watched the fatal bungee jump.
Moraes hired a team of extreme sports specialists to help him do the jump. Police seized the team’s equipment and were investigating Moraes’ death.
The incident happened on Sunday in São Paulo state, when Fabio Ezequiel de Moraes, 36, thought it would be a good idea to jump off a 130-foot high railway bridge with an elastic cord tied around his ankle.
The only problem with that was nobody had checked to see if the cord was too long.
Moraes slammed head-first into the ground, the Sun reported, citing Brazilian newspaper Reporter Diario.
First responders arrived on the scene and rushed Moraes to the hospital but the head trauma proved too great, and he died soon afterward.
Things could have been a lot worse, though. Moraes originally planned to jump with his 6-year-old son, but decided at the last minute that he would do it solo.
Sadly however, the poor boy witnessed his father’s tragic death. Moraes’ horrified wife, brother, and his brother’s girlfriend also watched the fatal bungee jump.
Moraes hired a team of extreme sports specialists to help him do the jump. Police seized the team’s equipment and were investigating Moraes’ death.