Breaking News Home / World / Couples fell after taking themselves, says the report October 31, 2018 World 1 Views CLOSE Officials at Yosemite National Park, California investigate the death of a man and a woman who fell from a popular view that allows visitors to go to the edge of the cliff where there is no railing, an official said. (October 26) This photo taken from Facebook was published on June 26, 2017, shows a selfie by Vishnu Viswanath, and his wife Meenakshi Moorthy at Skydive Santa Barbara in Lompoc, California [19659006] (Photo: Vishnu Viswanath / Facebook via AP) A couple who killed just 800m from a Yosemite National Park are overlooked last week, adventurers were taking care of themselves, according to the Associated Press. Meenakshi Moorthy, 30, and man Vishnu Viswanath, 29, had set up a tripod near Taft Point, Viswanath's brother, Jishnu Viswanath, to AP. Visitors found the camera the next morning and warned officials, said Viswanath. The couple, who were Indian expats who lived in California, had a documented story to take bold pictures. In March, the couple wrote such a photo of a Grand Canyon visit to Instagram, reported the NPR. The picture shows Moorthy sitting on the canyon's edge and its captions admit the danger: "Many of us including yours are really a fan of violent attempts to stand at the edge of rocks and skyscrapers, but did you know that wind blasts can be FATAL ??? Our life just worth a photo? A…
Officials at Yosemite National Park, California investigate the death of a man and a woman who fell from a popular view that allows visitors to go to the edge of the cliff where there is no railing, an official said. (October 26)
This photo taken from Facebook was published on June 26, 2017, shows a selfie by Vishnu Viswanath, and his wife Meenakshi Moorthy at Skydive Santa Barbara in Lompoc, California [19659006] (Photo: Vishnu Viswanath / Facebook via AP)
A couple who killed just 800m from a Yosemite National Park are overlooked last week, adventurers were taking care of themselves, according to the Associated Press.
Meenakshi Moorthy, 30, and man Vishnu Viswanath, 29, had set up a tripod near Taft Point, Viswanath’s brother, Jishnu Viswanath, to AP. Visitors found the camera the next morning and warned officials, said Viswanath.
The couple, who were Indian expats who lived in California, had a documented story to take bold pictures.
In March, the couple wrote such a photo of a Grand Canyon visit to Instagram, reported the NPR.
The picture shows Moorthy sitting on the canyon’s edge and its captions admit the danger: “Many of us including yours are really a fan of violent attempts to stand at the edge of rocks and skyscrapers, but did you know that wind blasts can be FATAL ??? Our life just worth a photo?
A travel blog with thousands of followers now contained photos of the couple sitting on the edge of the rocks and jumping out, according to AP.
The couple’s maternal maternity engineering college, Chengannur, regretted its loss in a Saturday Facebook post and read: “Our hearts go to friends and family members to this wonderful couple. May their souls rest in peace. “
Self-related deaths are a growing problem, A new study has found. The study, published by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, documented more than 250 selfie deaths between October 2011 and November 2017.
Taft Point is a popular pixel, recently posting a viral photo of a proposal. The photographer revealed the identity of the couple on the photo taken in Taft Point on a Saturday Facebook post. [19659009] In a statement from Friday on the fatal case, Yosemite officials said that the accident was still being investigated and the identification of the deceased had not yet been established.
Contributing: Marina Pitofsky, United States TODAY; Associated Press [19659018] Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/30/yosemite-deaths-couple-selfie/1827404002/[19659019]
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