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Mom of two dies slipping off 300-foot tower while posing for selfie with son
ny post ^ | 09/01/2025 | y Anthony Blair

Posted on 09/02/2025 9:53:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin

A mom of two has died in front of her son after slipping off an almost 300-foot-high platform while trying to take a selfie to celebrate completing a dangerous bungee jumping stunt, authorities in Russia said.

Extreme sports fanatic Elizaveta Gushchina, 45, carried out the jump on Saturday — the same day she plummeted to her death in front of her 22-year-old son, Nikita, according to local authorities.

Gushchina then returned to the top of the 289-foot chimney at an unfinished thermal power plant without her safety harness to take a selfie with her son when she lost her footing and fell, hitting a hard surface above the ground, Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti reported.

“She secured herself to a rope used for rope jumping, but did not set the required safe length. Then, approaching the edge, the woman slipped on a wet board, fell from a height, and died,” a source told Russian outlet REN TV.

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: bungeejumping; bungeelessjumping; elizavetagushchina; pancakemakeup; unngh
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Is that what’s important? Or maybe it’s important to be wise and be around for your kids and family rather than a fool (self pleasing addict) chasing your next high.
All fun and games til you do something stupid and totally Avoidable and leave your family without you.


41 posted on 09/02/2025 4:10:25 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: b4me
Somehow I have an inkling that alcohol was involved …

42 posted on 09/02/2025 4:22:02 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: tet68

Zero to 90 mph in 5 seconds. What does one think about?


43 posted on 09/02/2025 4:37:58 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: BenLurkin

Mama says, “Stupid is as stupid does.”


44 posted on 09/02/2025 7:45:23 PM PDT by UnBubba
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To: BenLurkin

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


45 posted on 09/02/2025 7:48:34 PM PDT by anton
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To: FoxInSocks

She only gets 4.3 seconds so she probably didn’t get a chance to finish her thought.


46 posted on 09/02/2025 7:52:34 PM PDT by anton
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To: noiseman

I’d rather die doing something that I hate doing.
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Then I wouldn’t have to do it anymore!


47 posted on 09/02/2025 7:58:04 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s commitment! Very few parents would go to such great lengths to teach their kids valuable lessons like this.


48 posted on 09/03/2025 1:38:00 AM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: BenLurkin
Mom of two dies

I've heard of tool-and-die makers, but never a die-mother.

Too soon?

49 posted on 09/03/2025 1:40:24 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I'm so on fire that I feel the need to stop, drop, and roll!)
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