The last moments before death. Shocking footage taken a second before the tragedy
There are many sophisticated ways to go to the next world, but could we have thought just a couple of years ago that people would die trying to take a photo on the very edge of an abyss or with a gun to their head?
1. A 17-year-old Russian schoolgirl from St. Petersburg, Ksenia Ignatieva, was only a month shy of coming of age. Being at the very top of the railway bridge, the girl lost her balance for a second and fell down. While falling, she caught on a high-voltage cable, which led to instant death.
2. 32-year-old resident of North Carolina (USA), Courtney Sanford, was driving along a busy highway, singing the Pharrell Williams song “Happy”. It was the desire to share happiness with others that forced the woman to take a dangerous selfie and post the photo on Facebook. This was the very last thing she managed to do before her death. Losing control, a second later Courtney crashed into a garbage truck and died on the spot.
3. The next dangerous selfie that led to death was attempted by a Japanese tourist while visiting the Taj Mahal. Choosing a good angle, he stumbled and rolled down the marble steps, knocking down his comrade. The friend escaped with a broken leg, but the lover of extreme photography died of a heart attack. His death was far from the first on the steps of an Indian temple and, judging by the trend, it is unlikely to be the last.
4. It’s hard to imagine what (or rather, what) Mexican Oscar Otero was thinking about a second before his death, trying to take a selfie with a gun to his temple.
The result is predictable: the 21-year-old macho shot himself in the head without having time to take a photo. It’s a shame, because now only a pathologist knows what was in his brain.
5. The following is one of the last selfies before death is simply monstrous in its recklessness. A married couple from Poland, while vacationing in , decided to photograph themselves at the most extreme point of Europe, Cape Cabo da Roca. A sudden gust of wind threw both of them over the edge of an 80-meter cliff in front of their children, 5 and 6 years old. Psychologists have been working with them for a long time, and they are faced with the difficult task of convincing the orphans that their parents were normal people.
6. Another candidate for the Darwin Award is 18-year-old Anna Ursu from Romania. Having climbed onto the roof of the train, she wanted to “effectively raise her leg,” as her miraculously surviving friend later explained. The effect was quite impressive: having touched a high-voltage wire with her foot, the lover of dangerous selfies immediately flared up like a torch, receiving a discharge of 27,000 volts.
7. Selfies with dangerous animals also often cause death. 32-year-old Spaniard David Gonzalez, during the traditional festival, could not catch himself and the bull in the frame. Carried away, he did not notice how one of the animals ran up to him from behind and literally impaled him on his horns. It was not possible to save the unlucky photographer.
8. A resident of the UK, while visiting Wales, was so impressed by a raging thunderstorm that he decided to film himself with lightning in the background. If he hadn't skipped physics classes at school, he would have known how dangerous his latest selfie at the very top of the hill with a metal stick raised up could be. The unlucky photographer did not pretend to be a lightning rod for long: after a few seconds, the very first lightning strike ended in his death.
9. If an individual photo from an extreme place hardly surprises anyone, then a group selfie taken a moment before death is something new. A group of 24 Indian students and teachers wanted to take pictures of themselves in front of the dam, unaware that the reservoir had started releasing water. As a result, only 5 bodies were found, the rest were missing.
10. Several groups of tourists found themselves at the site of an unexpected eruption of the Ontake volcano in Japan. In a matter of minutes, a dangerous mixture of ash, gas and stones fell on everyone who was nearby. Few managed to escape; more than 30 people became victims of the volcano.
The most interesting thing began after a while, when the smoke cleared and the rescue operation began. Having found the surviving phones, rescuers were shocked by the latest entries. It turns out that when the eruption began, many tourists, instead of running, spent precious seconds taking selfies and shooting videos.
One of the online publications calculated that in 2015 the number of victims of unsuccessful photos exceeded the number of victims of shark teeth worldwide. The epidemic is only gaining momentum and the most dangerous selfies before death are yet to come...
We wake up in the morning, start a new day, work, play with children, meet with friends... Has anyone ever thought that this wonderful day could be the last? Some people managed to capture the last moment of their friends and even their own. So what happened a few moments after the camera clicked?
1. The war killed her
This photo was taken in 1942. jumped out of the hotel window just as a photographer was passing nearby. There are suggestions that she received a message about the death of a loved one during the Second World War.
2. Deadly airshow
On September 1, 2007, an air show took place in Poland. In an instant, something went wrong. The planes collided in the air. This photo shows that the second one is about to collide with the wreckage of the first one. Both pilots died that day. Fortunately, the spectators were not injured.
3. Last working day
This photo captures the last moments of the lives of two Norwegian workers who were carrying out repairs on a wind turbine. Suddenly a fire broke out, cutting off the men's escape route. In this photo you can see that they hugged each other, probably saying goodbye. The young people were 19 and 21 years old.
4. We studied and died together
A group of Indian students went on an excursion to the city of Manali. They stopped to take a photo on the banks of the Bis River. At this moment, the floodgates of the hydroelectric power station were opened to release water. The station workers can be accused of negligence, because they released the water without warning, from which many young people died in an instant. The water literally washed them off the ground. This photo was the last for more than twenty students who lost their lives in an instant.
5. Didn't live to see the wedding
These young girls were driving in a car in a great mood. They took this photo, which became the last for one of the friends. The girl sitting on the left was named Collette Moreno. She was only twenty-six, and she did not live to see her own wedding for only a month.
Collette's friend tried to overtake a truck, but, in a freak accident, she crashed into a pickup truck. The worst thing is that the deceased left behind a small son. This is Collette with her fiancé. She is amazingly beautiful and happy.
6. Deadly selfie
Mexican Oscar Otero Aguilar was only 21 years old, and he died by an absurd accident, wanting only to take a photo. Oscar had a passion for taking selfies with various luxury items, but where the guy got the gun remained a mystery to his friends. Oscar wanted to come up with an original shot with a gun, he waved it and then put it to his head. But he didn't know that the gun was loaded. The bullet wounded the guy in the head, he died on the way to the hospital.
7. She died happy
Perhaps she did not even realize that the moment of her death had come. Courtney Stanford was 32 years old, driving a car, listening to her favorite song. Just moments before her death, a woman posted a photo of herself on Facebook with a caption saying that a Pharrell Williams song made her happy. Within a second, Courtney crashed into the truck that was driving ahead and died on the spot.
8.Photo worth life
This beautiful girl's name was Ksenia Ingnatieva. She loved taking pictures of herself in interesting places. This played a cruel joke on the girl. She fell from a ten-meter height of a railway bridge. As she fell, she grabbed the cable, but it turned out to be a high-voltage cable. She died on the spot from the resulting shock. This photo, for which she risked her life, ended her life.
9. His hobby killed him
Pavel Kashin from St. Petersburg loved parkour. It was because of this hobby that he died. The guy performed a difficult trick on the roof of a sixteen-story building, but was unsuccessful. This photo was the last in his life.
10. The last portrait of the maniac’s victim
This beautiful, carefree girl's name was Regina Kay Walters. She became a victim of the maniac Robert Ben Rhodes, who was responsible for many innocent lives. The scary thing is that he didn’t just want to kill the girl, he enjoyed his power over the helpless teenager.
The photo below shows the last minutes of Regina's life. The maniac cut her curly hair, dressed her in a black dress and ordered her to pose. Fear, disgust, evil - all in one look of a doomed man.
11. Fell from posing place
15-year-old Natasha Lastun often took photographs on the roofs of an abandoned nine-story building. Friends claim that she loved life very much. On this day, he and his friend again climbed to the roof of the high-rise building. Natasha posed, and then her leg slipped and fell down. Doctors were unable to save her. The photo is beautiful, but was such a risk worth the young life?
12. A moment before the terrorist attack
This photo shows a happy father and daughter. An ordinary street, an ordinary day, serene people. But in just a minute all this will be gone. This photo was taken in Omagh, Ireland. In 1998, there was a terrorist attack that killed 29 people and injured more than two hundred. The camera used to take the photo was found in the rubble while clearing the street.
13. Took a photo of his killer
This man was able to not only capture the last moment in his life, he was able to photograph his killer. Philippine politician Reynaldo Dags photographed his family. They were so happy because they were celebrating 2011. It is unknown whether the man noticed his killer, whether he was able to understand that this was the last moment in his life.
14. Gave an autograph to his killer
This is one of the last photos of the world-famous and beloved musician John Lennon. This photo shows not only the singer, but also his killer. The quiet and unassuming fan appears to be just waiting in line to get an autograph.
But the insane Mark David Chapman shot Lennon only because he was on his list of celebrities to kill. This photo was taken an hour before the musician's death.
15. Only a moment before impact
In 2001, the tragedy that unfolded in the United States was discussed in all developed countries of the world. Almost 3,000 people died on this terrible day. This was not a global catastrophe or a riot of nature.
This photo shows how the second one with suicide bombers and hostages on board is about to crash into the second tower of the World Trade Center.
The people who were in the tower were probably already panicked, but they had no idea that in a few seconds they would suffer the same fate as the unfortunate people in the first tower.
16. Horrible price for the show
In 2002, our country was stunned by the terrible news of a tragedy at an air show at the airfield in Sknilov. In a second, this one will crash into the ground. Many people standing on the ground will not be able to survive. This disaster broke the number of casualties in an air show.
17. We didn’t reach the stars
This last photo shows the happy crew of the world famous space shuttle Challenger, which crashed just minutes after liftoff. None of its members survived. But the terrifying thing is that some astronauts were able to survive the collapse of the ship, but died from the impact of the shuttle on the water. Many thousands of people saw this tragedy on their television screens. On that day, humanity crossed the thin line between show and death.
18. Suicide in front of cameras
This is the last photo of American politician Robert Bath Dwyer. He was accused of bribery. Under Pennsylvania law, he faced up to 55 years in prison. He called a press conference. Journalists expected him to deny these accusations. But in the middle of his speech, the politician began handing out some envelopes. And then he took out a pistol and turned to the people in the hall: “If this is unpleasant for any of you, you can leave the hall.” A moment later he shot himself. Many years later it turned out that the charges against Robert Bath Dwyer were falsified.
19. Where were the adults when the child died?
This photo seems unreal or staged. But the horror is that this is a picture of a girl who was slowly dying for several days, and no one could help her. Omayra Sanchez was crushed under the rubble of her house after a natural disaster when a volcano erupted in Colombia. She spent three days in the water. Various infections got into the wounds on the body, which is why the girl died. There is both sadness and understanding of inevitability in her eyes. Looking at this photo, do you think about what all our technological progress is worth if so many adults could not save one child?
20. He looked into the eyes of death
In this photo, 58-year-old Ki Suk Han looks into the eyes of death and cannot do anything. He was pushed under the train by a homeless man, with whom Khan had argued a few minutes earlier. This photo captures the anticipation of one’s own death.
Many of these unfortunates died as a result of disasters, terrible coincidences and their own carelessness. Is a good shot worth your life? Was it worth risking yourself for the sake of first places in the search engine line? Appreciate life, and let only happy faces appear in your photos.
Incredible facts
Terrible things happen in the world every day.
But when the camera captures the minutes remaining before the tragedies, it is especially creepy to look back at such photographs.
After all, they will preserve those moments when a person did not yet know about the danger approaching him.
The selection of photos below ranges from shocking to sad.
Many of them record the last moments of some people's lives.
Others depict a man struggling with the inevitable.
Photos seconds before the tragedy
1. Escaped Jaguar
A little background to the photo:
From Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal in India the jaguar escaped. An entire search team was sent to search for the fugitive.
The team did not act very effectively, as a result of which the jaguar could not be caught for a long time. For some time, the village of Limbu lived in fear that a dangerous predator was moving freely in the immediate vicinity of people.
In this photo you can see the beast attacking one of the villagers sent to find it.
The man survived the attack, after which he had quite serious wounds. Unfortunately, people had to open fire on the jaguar. The beast did not survive. He was shot. However, in the current situation this was the only way to save the man.
In the case depicted in the photograph, the animal had to be killed, in a fight with which the person managed to survive.
Photo of the plane crash
2. Plane tragedy
In this scary photo Air France Flight 4590, which on July 25, 2000 made a charter flight from Paris to New York.
While accelerating on the runway, the plane's engine caught fire as a result of a fuel leak. The crew made an irreparable mistake: they lifted the plane into the air while burning, hoping to then make an emergency landing.
However, everything went wrong.
Just a couple of minutes after takeoff, it crashed onto a hotel building near the airport.
The horrific crash killed all 100 passengers and nine crew members, as well as four people on the ground.
This photo captures the last seconds of the French airliner's life.
3. Dangerous hunt
Big hunts can be dangerous.
These two men went out into the forest with the intention of killing the bear and returning home with a valuable trophy.
They succeeded in the first part of the plan: in the photograph you can see two men who managed to defeat the bear.
However, if you look closely at the background, it becomes unsettling. The unfortunate hunters did not notice that the killed animal was not alone.
Usually bears are quite cautious creatures and do not just attack people. However, if they feel that they or the cubs are in danger, they will attack in self-defense.
This bear realized what the hunters were up to and chased them for quite a long time. One can only imagine what happened next...
But maybe that's it punishment for people when they interfere with the wild world in such a cruel way.
4. Titanic hours before the tragedy
The Titanic became one of the most tragic symbols of the 20th century.
This photograph of the ship was taken shortly before the famous ship hit an iceberg and sank.
Surely, every schoolchild knows the sad story about the “unsinkable” ship.
As a result of a terrible collision with a sea block about 1,500 people died. And only about half of this number of people were saved.
It is worth recalling that the ship did not have the required number of lifeboats. And during the rescue operation there simply weren’t enough for all the passengers.
The sinking of the Titanic has gone down in history as one of the deadliest disasters.
Last photo of Tupac
5. Tupac minutes before death
This photo was taken on September 7, 1996. just a few minutes before Tupac Amaru Shakur(Tupac Amaru Shakur) was fatally shot by an unknown drive-by shooter.
After the attack, the car was riddled with bullets, and the rapper himself died from his injuries in the hospital a few days later.
Tupac's companion, Suge Knight, survived with only minor injuries from broken glass. Many questions have also arisen regarding this matter.
There are many theories surrounding the murder of Tupac.
Some say Knight himself was the killer. Others insist that Tupac faked his own death and is apparently still alive somewhere in South America.
Only those closest to the musician know what really happened on September 7, 1996.
The last photo of Tupac Amaru Shakur was taken by one of his fans, Leonard Jefferson, at an intersection when Shakur briefly rolled down his car window to exchange a few words with him.
Literally a few minutes later, the rapper was shot by unknown people in a passing white Cadillac.
Last photo of Paul Walker
6. Paul Walker's Burning Porche
Paul Walker was known for his starring role in the films Fast and Furious. In real life, he also liked speed and expensive cars.
The first three photographs depict the last hours of the famous actor's life.
The last photo shows a burning car. with two passengers inside, one of whom turned out to be everyone's favorite actor.
Rumors immediately began to circulate about the unreliability of this car model. Some sources even claimed that by choosing this car, drivers are dooming themselves and endangering passengers.
It is worth noting that after Walker’s death, his family had to go through a series of legal battles. Relatives sued Porsche.
However, the California district court did not admit their guilt, considering the death of Walker and his friend an unfortunate coincidence.
7. When the hunter becomes the hunted
A hunter received an unpleasant surprise after a successful evening hunt.
He was posing for the camera when the photographer noticed something unusual in the background of the frame. Suddenly, attracted by the smell of blood, a mountain lion appeared in close proximity to the people.
Mountain lions can, of course, forage for their own food in the forest, but no one turns down a free lunch.
In addition, it would be difficult for a puma to cope with such a large animal alone. Therefore, she was clearly lucky that the hunter did all the dirty work for her.
And although history is silent about what happened next, judging by the photo, the ending could be very dramatic for a person or animal.
8. Tragedy in the air
In 2014, a tragedy occurred in New Zealand. At one of the shows, a balloon, rising into the air, hit power wires.
As a result of the collision, the ball caught fire, 11 people died, including the hot air balloon pilot. After investigating the disaster, it was he who was recognized as the main culprit of the disaster.
The whole horror of the tragedy lay in the fact that their relatives and friends became witnesses of how people were burning alive. The families of the victims watched everything that was happening from the ground and could do nothing to help their loved ones.
This photo was taken by a spectator of the fire show. A woman saw both her elderly parents die in the flames.
Then she saw one of the victims to escape the fire, she jumped out of the balloon. According to the woman, it was her mother.
9. The Death of James Dean
The circumstances of James Dean's death are very similar to the death of Paul Walker.
He was also an American film star and an avid car enthusiast. Dean often took part in various races.
In this photo, the famous actor appears before our eyes before his fatal drive in his beloved Porsche.
A few hours after this photo was taken, the actor was killed in a head-on collision with another car.
At the time of the accident, he was driving at a fairly high speed and was trying to perform a racing maneuver, but then, having entered the oncoming lane, he crashed into oncoming traffic.
10. Bear Watcher
This photo was taken by a tourist from New Jersey near one of the tourist centers.
The opportunity to see a live bear up close is very rare. It is not surprising that the man wanted to capture such a rare moment on film.
Unfortunately, a rare shot cost a person too much. Seconds after the photo was taken, he was mauled by the animal.
Bears are known to not attack people without reason, but if they are protecting their cubs or prey, they may decide to attack a person.