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Brazil rope jump instructors arrested after woman launched without ropes
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Key Points:
- A 21-year-old woman, Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, died after being launched from a bridge without safety ropes during a rope-jumping event in Brazil, about 90 miles northwest of São Paulo.
- Three instructors involved admitted she was not connected to safety equipment before the jump and were arrested on suspicion of homicide with "eventual intent," indicating acceptance of the risk of death.
- Rodrigues de Freitas had requested to be launched "airplane style," and video shows the instructors tossing her from the bridge, which was approximately 130 feet high.
- Authorities are investigating whether the instructors were authorized to operate at the site and who was responsible for verifying safety procedures; the instructors claim this was their first fatality in years of operation.
- The City of Limeira expressed condolences and pledged cooperation with the investigation, while Rodrigues de Freitas was buried the day after the incident.
