Woman survives fall from 80 feet while posing for “extreme yoga” photos
Aug 29, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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Even though several people have died after posing for photos on great heights, I guess some folks still think it’s cool to risk your life for a shot. A woman from Mexico recently fell from 80 feet (24.3 m) while practicing “extreme yoga” on the balcony rail. As you can guess, she was doing it for the sake of a photo. She reportedly survived the fall, but she was seriously injured.
Mexican newspaper El Universal identified the woman as 23-year-old Alexa Terrazas. In the photo, she is seen dangling upside down on the balcony rail. She isn’t using her hands, but apparently keeping the balance using the weight of her legs.
LLEVA AL EXTREMO
PRÁCTICA DEL YOGA
Al practicar un tipo de yoga al extremo, una joven de San Pedro cayó desde el balcón de su depa a 25 metros de altura.
Alexa Terrazas tiene 110 huesos rotos. Le tienen que reconstruir tobillos, rodillas, cara etc. y no caminará en 3 años. pic.twitter.com/0ftoHPcMCa— JavoRayado (@javierehdz) August 27, 2019
Unfortunately, Terrazas fell from the sixth-floor balcony after the photo was taken. El Universal writes that she broke 110 bones and won’t be able to walk for years. She broke both of her legs and suffered fractures to her arms, hips, and head. She reportedly underwent an 11-hour surgery and will stay sedated for two weeks.
According to El Imparcial, the rail didn’t have structural damages, so the fall wasn’t caused by them. It was, apparently, a stunt that went terribly wrong.
This whole thing reminded me of the model who dangled over a 1,000ft skyscraper without safety gear just so she can pose for Instagram. Unfortunately, Terrazas’ story didn’t end that well. Still, she is lucky that she has survived, and I sincerely hope that she will recover as fast as possible and that she’ll never risk her life this way again.
I think it’s not worth it putting your life to risk just for a flashy Instagram photo. And if you’re gonna dangle from great heights to shoot photos – at least do it right.
[via Fox News]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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42 responses to “Woman survives fall from 80 feet while posing for “extreme yoga” photos”
Wow
Natural selection.
Not really, she survived
Guido Van Damme ı wrote same comment ???
I’m pretty sure those who originally devised yoga would not encourage this.
the yogis in India who invented Yoga could levitate so I doubt they worried about falling and going splat on the ground, no?
Franco Kailsan not sure how bopping around on your knees is going to save them from a fall like that. ;)
That’s a shame
Another one ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa
More like posing for Darwin Arwards! Stop making stupid people famous!
Why? It works great for you I see.
Btw, do we use their last risky Instagram picture for their obituary picture if they do indeed die?
Did i cross some sort of line with this question?
Natural selection..
Its sad but you cant stop natural selection, stupid folk die what changes is the methode
No, NO! PLEASE let them continue – it’s Darwinism! I actually FULLY encourage truly moronic ideas like these – helps weed out the truly idiotic… (otherwise we run the risk of them becoming presidents or prime ministers – and we’ve all seen how these end up!)
The problem is that they end up hurting others.
And on top of that the photo is dogshit, can’t even recognize that stupid c**t.
Now, Alexa, tell us: Was the photo worth it?
Natural selection fails again.
Stop writing about them… and it will stop.
Yeah … no that’s not how it works. They don’t do that stuff to get featured here. They only get featured here when things go bad.
She will probably wish she had died.
Shows level of brain development at age 23
As I keep saying “this is what happens when stupid people become famous” ?
Andi Green this is evolution working in front of our eyes…stupid people will die younger!! ?
It goes to show that after yoga you do get more range of motion! ?
And The Darwin Awards goes to…
Eszter Mester I was just gonna say that. Idiots!
… not her. She survived. Probably landed on her head.
natural selection .
Stop be fuckin stupid!
I love natural selection
did you mean extreme stupidity photos?
She broke 110 bones!!!
It’s ok, she has 96 backups :)
You are horrible.. but so am I because that made me belly laugh.
Continue, continue.
It’s good for the archives named “Darwin’s Award”.
Perfect witness of the story of our century.
stupid bint
It’s so, so, hard to care about these people.
Alexa, call 9-1-1.
I call that “extremely stupid”
Natural selection…