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Selfie deaths: 259 people reported dead seeking the perfect picture
The quest for extreme selfies killed 259 people between 2011 and 2017, a 2018 global study has revealed.
Researchers at the US National Library of Medicine recommend that 'no selfie zones' should be introduced at dangerous spots to reduce deaths.
These would include the tops of mountains, tall buildings and lakes, where many of the deaths occurred.
Drowning, transport accidents and falling were found to be the most common cause of death.
But death by animals, electrocution, fire and firearms also appeared frequently in reports from around the world.
Selfies: A boon or bane? (open, DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_109_18) (DX)
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(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday October 07 2018, @05:35AM (3 children)
Not a selfie, she was posing for a professional wedding photographer, I expect with a medium format camera.
She stood near the edge of some rocks next to Butterfly Cove in Monterey, fifteen or twenty feet up from where the sea surface would be on a calm day.
Which it was not. I expect that's why she thought it would be quite cool to pose all by herself at that particular spot as her new husband, wedding party and loved ones looked on.
I have to be quite careful not to dwell on this too deeply. From time to time I do and so am overcome with grief despite that I've never known any of them
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(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday October 07 2018, @06:36AM (1 child)
You don't say what happened. But I'm thinking, eaten by Great White Sharks. Monterey Bay is infested with them terribly. Big problem there. Monterey Bay Aquarium, they captured some Great White Sharks, they were showing them to everybody. But, no more. People got too scared. Well, they should be scared. Lot of folks dieing from shark bite. Or they don't die. But they get arms, legs, tits, heads bitten off. Guy goes in the water for a swim. Or surfing. Going in, he's a man. The shark comes at him and he's not a man anymore. HORRIFIC!!!
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday October 07 2018, @11:59AM
dragged her out to sea.
I expect there was some rescue effort. There's a coast guard station not far from their but in seas that rough, also being fully clothed in a long dress doubtlessly she would have drowned in just a few minutes.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by driverless on Sunday October 07 2018, @10:09AM
Like this couple [cloudfront.net], you mean?