Posted on 05/26/2024 3:22:40 PM PDT by lowbridge
An 18-year-old man in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand drowned after he jumped into deep water from a height to make an Instagram reel, police said on Tuesday.
The man, Tausif, jumped into a quarry lake from a height of about 100 feet on Monday evening. His friends, who were bathing in the lake, tried to save him but were unsuccessful.
They alerted locals and police, and a search operation was launched. The youth's body was recovered later.
A video of the incident, which has gone viral on social media, shows the young man jumping into the water while his friend records the dare. However, as soon as he started swimming after falling into the water, he began to drown.
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So what does that mean? He couldn't swim?
One less terrorist in the world. I say that because he yelled “Allahu Akbar” before taking the jump.
I guess yelling God is great didn’t work.
Really
Oddly many kids today yell that in jest
I’ve seen it myself
It’s been inundated into them but it’s yelled respectfully
Like saying sieg heil to someone lording over u in my day
Except this guy was from a rural province in India which is 35% Muslim. I looked it up :-).
And had a Muslim Indian name.
I’ve jumped from 80
At 13
Tower diving near laurel mississippi
100 foot is infrequently fatal but it can sure hurt you
You can be hurt around 50 foot on
You have two choices
Land as sharp 90 degrees as possible feet pointed down arms tightly by side
Or do acrobatics to slow u down and land feet first or dive
The latter is for people who really know what they are doing
Like I said this fellow landed chest neck and face forward too much
Either inexperienced or just unlucky
Amateurs routinely jump over 100
World record is I think 180-190
And of course folks survive Golden Gate Bridge which is 200 plus
And supposedly some guy helicopter jumped lake Zurich around 240 foot unverified
This kid was unlucky or no experience
On the other hand I saw a girl pushed at blue hole near Murfreesboro tn badly injured at around 65 foot landing on her side flailing
So there is that
Well sounds like he meant it
That was a thoughtful post
Especially for here
Well done
I wonder if more of these untimely deaths of young people are to do with exercise or the lack of it as children.
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