THESE PEOPLE DIED WHILE TAKING A SELFIE

IN JANUARY LAST YEAR, TWO YOUNG MEN

BLEW THEMSELVES UP IN THE URAL MOUNTAINS

IN RUSSIA WHILE TAKING A SELFIE HOLDING A

HAND GRENADE WITH THE PIN PULLED OUT.

FOR THE RECORD, THE CELL PHONE WITH

THE SELFIE SURVIVED.

EARLY LAST YEAR A SOUTH AFRICAN WOMAN NAMED

CHEYNNE HOLLOWAY, TWENTY-ONE, BECAME

ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE SELFIE TREND. WHILE

TRYING TO WALK TO THE TOP OF A POPULAR

CLIFF IN NORTHCLIFF WITH HER FRIEND JAMES OLIVER,

SHE SLIPPED AND FELL TO HER DEATH.

IN NOVEMBER 2014 SYLWIA RAJCHEL, TWENTY-THREE,

WAS ON VACATION IN SEVILLE, SPAIN, WHEN SHE

TRIED TO TAKE A PHOTO OF HERSELF ON THE

FAMOUS PUENTE DE TRIANA BRIDGE. UNFORTUNATELY,

THE MEDICAL STUDENT FROM LUBLIN, POLAND,

SLIPPED WHILE BALANCING ON THE LEDGE OF

THE BRIDGE AND FELL OFF.

AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL NAMED CHEZKA AGAS

DROWNED LAST YEAR WHILE POSING FOR A

GROUP SELFIE AFTER A FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY

CELEBRATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE YOUNG

STUDENT WAS OVERTAKEN BY A STRONG WAVE

THAT STRUCK THE GROUP AS THEY POSED IN FRONT

OF THE FAMOUS BANGUI WINDMILLS ON A BEACH

IN BARANGAY MASIKIL AND DROWNED.

IN AUGUST 2014 A DRUNK MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT

HIMSELF IN THE HEAD WHILE POSING FOR A SELFIE.

TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD OSCAR OTERO AGUILAR WAS

OUT WITH FRIENDS IN MEXICO CITY WHEN HE

POINTED A LOADED PISTOL AT HIS HEAD FOR THE

PHOTO. ONE FRIEND WAS DETAINED FOR QUESTIONING

AND ANOTHER WENT ON THE RUN AFTER THE INCIDENT.

MOUNT MERAPI NATIONAL PARK MANAGEMENT

ANNOUNCED LAST JUNE THAT IT PLANNED TO

PROVIDE A SELFIE SPOT FOR VISITORS. THE HEAD OF

THE PARK, SUWIGNYO, SAID THAT THE PLAN CAME

AFTER A TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN

THE DEATH OF CLIMBER ERI YUNANTO. THE UNLUCKY

TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM YOGYAKARTA,

INDONESIA, FELL INTO THE CRATER OF MOUNT MERAPI

AND DIED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE A SELFIE.

THE PILOT OF A SMALL PLANE (CESSNA 150K) WAS

TAKING SELFIES WITH HIS PHONE ON A SERIES OF

SHORT FLIGHTS AROUND A COLORADO AIRPORT IN 2014

BEFORE HE CRASHED DURING ONE OF THE JAUNTS,

KILLING HIMSELF AND A PASSENGER.

A TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD RUSSIAN GIRL DIED WHILE

CELEBRATING HER COLLEGE GRADUATION. THE YOUNG

GIRL WAS TRYING TO MAKE MEMORIES BY TAKING

A SELFIE FROM THE BRIDGE NEXT TO THE MOSCOW

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE IN THE MOSCOW

CITY FINANCIAL DISTRICT (ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS

LANDMARKS OF THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL). SADLY SHE

SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE BRIDGE.