Posted on 06/27/2017 3:27:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A bungee jump instructor has been found guilty of accidental homicide after a teenage Dutch girl misunderstood his “terrible English” and leapt to her death before the rope was attached was a secure point.
Vera Mol, 17, was killed instantly in August 2015 after leaping off a bridge in northern Spain during an organized bungee jump.
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She was wearing the bungee harness but the cord was not yet secured when she jumped off the bridge over a gorge in Cabezon de la Sal in Cantabria.
An appeal court in Cantabria heard that she had made the leap on hearing the instructor say “No jump” but his pronounciation was so bad that she likely thought he said: “Now Jump”, the judge wrote in a ruling reported by Europapress.
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My question is:
What kind of idiot hooks the customer up to the bungee *before* anchoring the dang thing?
She didn’t wait til he said FREE!!
If she was killed instantly, how do they know she misunderstood his English?
She didn’t turn around and watch him work? She didn’t notice his English was bad?
One should always ask for clarification of instructions when diving off of bridges.
Bungee jumpers are nutz! They are very unlikely to die in bed of old age. No thanks. I like to be in control!
How would she know if she was Dutch and he was Spanish?
The day that Vera Mol Cabezon Joe MacAllister jumped off de la Sal Bridge.
A dude named Darwin was also involved... These types of activities attract winners on a weekly basis and the best method of avoiding accidental death is to pay attention to the key word ‘avoid’.
“If she was killed instantly, how do they know she misunderstood his English?”
He said “No Jump” and she jumped. Either she misunderstood him or she was suicidal.
She knew he wasn’t Dutch. But ok, it’s all his fault, so string him up or whatever. But still... she’s the one who jumped. She’s the one who died that day. She wasn’t interested enough in the situation to turn around and LOOK at him?
Every jump is brain damage from the g-forces
She most likely misunderstood him.
His language was not the problem, his sequencing of procedures was the problem.
THAT is the question. Well it is Spain after all. Some of their spawn is on display in Mexico.
“...misunderstood his “terrible English” and leapt to her death before the rope was attached was a secure point.”
So he wrote this article as well?
“Every jump is brain damage from the g-forces”
I agree! I like to be in control! I don’t like to be a passenger, I want to be the driver. Roller coasters? No way!
Where is life so boring one feels compelled to jump off of that for fun? Yikes! Not sure I could walk out there.
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