2 Tourists Died While Trying to Take Selfies in Peru
2 Tourists Died While Trying to Take Selfies in Peru
By Kathleen Wong July 05, 2016
Continuing the growing trend of people dying when trying to snap the perfect selfie, two tourists reportedly both died last week while attempting to pose for photos in Peru.
The first was 28-year-old South Korean Kim Jongyeob, who was trying to take a selfie when he slipped and fell 1,600 feet at the Gocta waterfall, the Independent reported.
The second was 51-year-old German tourist Oliver Park, who fell off an approximately 130-foot ledge at Machu Picchu when trying to take a mid-jump photo, according to the Washington Post.
On Thursday, rescuers recovered Park's body. It took them about an hour and a half to even reach the ravine that he had fallen into, the Post reported, citing TV station Canal N. According to officials, Park disregarded safety signs and "went into a restricted area close to the edge of a cliff," the BBC reported.
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