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A holidaymaker in Tenerife risks his life for an Instagram post. His daring cliff jump ends on a rock. The Coast Guard Initiative shows the video.
Tenerife – Horrifying accidents happen again and again in the hunt for clicks, the perfect picture or video for social media. Most recently, a tourist fell into a volcano crater because she didn't maintain a safe distance for her photo – she died. Another influencer became captured by a current in the water in a risky live video and didn't survive. In Tenerife, a young holidaymaker wanted to prove himself by jumping off a life-threatening cliff. The fatal result ended up online as a video recording.
Influencer jumps off a cliff in Tenerife – life-threatening consequences
The tourist's risky jump on Tenerife was published on the Instagram channel of the coast guard initiative “Canarias 1500 KM de Costa” – it is intended to serve as a deterrent example.
In the video, several people can be seen standing in and above a small body of water within a rock. Two of them stand on a cliff and look down. Suddenly one of them jumps down, hoping to dive into the water. Instead, he landed feet first on a rock about five to six meters below. His current health status is unknown.
Under the Instagram video you can read: “El Tancón in Tenerife is once again becoming a tragic place due to absurd carelessness. In the pictures you can see how a group of young people risk their lives for absolutely nothing while recording everything for social media. There are even said to be signs on the cliff indicating that people are risking their lives by jumping like this. Last year even locals protested against tourists.
The Instagram community is stunned: “Legs, knees and hips leave the group”
On the Instagram channel, tourists are called on to refrain from such risky actions in the future: “No more recklessness, no more suicide attempts, no more deaths,” is the appeal. Many users commented on the post and expressed their incomprehension about the campaign: “He probably left his brain in the Airbnb,” wrote one. “Legs, knees and hips leave the group. My goodness, what was he thinking,” another commented.
The cliff diver's supposed cousin also commented under the video. He expressed the wish for more respect from people as it was a serious accident. The Instagram account that published the video emphasized that it was in no way making fun of the jumper: “With this post we call for prudence and draw attention to the dangers. The goal is to ensure that something like this doesn’t happen again.” Last year, videos of the terrible forest fires in Tenerife repeatedly appeared on social media. (rd/jh)
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