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Teen falls to his death while climbing new LA bridge for social media stunt
NY Post ^ | 05/25/2023 | Snejana Farberov

Posted on 05/25/2023 8:47:00 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A 17-year-old boy slipped and plummeted to his death from the popular new 6th Street Viaduct in Los Angeles, after climbing the bridge as part of an apparent social media stunt, according to police.

The youth’s body was found at about 2 a.m. Saturday on the eastern side of the span, which has become a troubling magnet for gunplay, dangerous stunts and careless online clout-chasing since it opened about a year ago.

The teen, whose name has not been released, was taken to LA County USC Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday during a meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission that the victim lost his footing and fell “when climbing upon one of the arches, in order to post, apparently, a social media broadcast.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Local News; Outdoors; Society
KEYWORDS: 6thstreetviaduct; bridge; california; darwinawards; falling; losangeles; michelmoore; snejanafarberov; socialmedia; stunt; teen
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To: bk1000

Agreed, as my son says, “remove all the warning stickers and let nature take it’s course”.


21 posted on 05/25/2023 9:02:15 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: All

“great kid”.. “promising future”... “worked in the community”..


22 posted on 05/25/2023 9:02:26 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

John Lennon sang it - “Instant karma is gonna get ya”


23 posted on 05/25/2023 9:02:47 AM PDT by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
darwinaward
24 posted on 05/25/2023 9:03:18 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: PGR88
His father should have warned him about the dangers of social-media addiction, and not let him out of the house at 2 AM

Midnight basketball might have helped. And a free "Obama air gauge"

25 posted on 05/25/2023 9:05:35 AM PDT by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Some people have to learn by doing dumb things.

Sometimes those dumb things kill them.

But they can be a lesson for more thoughtful people who learn from their example not to do dumb things.

26 posted on 05/25/2023 9:06:38 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

27 posted on 05/25/2023 9:06:57 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: DIRTYSECRET
There’s at least some money in robbing a liquor store.

And the risks have gone way down with the handcuffing of law enforcement.

28 posted on 05/25/2023 9:08:08 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: ansel12

me and a group of friends jumped off the top of a railroad bridge above the Boise river in the mid 70’s to celebrate the first day of high school. It was about 90 feet up. Turns out the pilings of the old bridge were still next to the new bridge. Big 4 by 4 foot square concrete pilings about 3 feet under water. lots of them. We didn’t land on any. Darwin award contestants. (None of us won the award.)


29 posted on 05/25/2023 9:09:45 AM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
New term learned:
"clout chaser"

From the web:
What is a clout chaser? Clout chaser is a critical term for a person who is thought to be intent on attaining fame, especially one who tries to do so in ways considered desperate, such as leveraging their proximity to famous people or doing things considered foolish, degrading, or dangerous.

30 posted on 05/25/2023 9:11:15 AM PDT by spankalib
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To: calljack

I always investigated before a high dive, there are too many stories of jumping blindly into water.


31 posted on 05/25/2023 9:20:24 AM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hold muh Meth.


32 posted on 05/25/2023 9:23:28 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I had a green beret buddy who said that when they left Vietnam he and another green beret did some liquor store hold-ups just for the rush, not the money.


33 posted on 05/25/2023 9:23:33 AM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

34 posted on 05/25/2023 9:26:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Darwin Award Winner. RIP, kid.


35 posted on 05/25/2023 9:27:41 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A police sharpshooter would keep those kids from climbing the bridge.


36 posted on 05/25/2023 9:28:55 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: BenLurkin
People love this bridge.

Love it to death!

37 posted on 05/25/2023 9:30:34 AM PDT by null and void (Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, Wookies Are From Kashyyyk)
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To: BenLurkin

THEM!


38 posted on 05/25/2023 9:31:17 AM PDT by null and void (Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, Wookies Are From Kashyyyk)
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To: null and void

Where is that confounded Bridge?


39 posted on 05/25/2023 9:32:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Those wacky Tik Tokers. “Hey!!! Look at me!!! I’m a rock star!


40 posted on 05/25/2023 9:42:16 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Since O'Bama was ruling the roost, America has gone from melting pot to septic tank of the world.)
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