Three Bungee Instructors Charged After Forgetting to Tether Student Before Fatal Jump

Executive Briefing

• Killed Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, after hurling her off Brazil's 130-foot Skeleton Bridge without a secured bungee cord
• Claimed they 'blacked out' and cannot remember which instructor was responsible for attaching the safety line
• Witnesses captured footage of the rope lying limp on the bridge as Freitas fell, shouting 'Guys, the rope!'
• Two instructors attempted to flee the scene and were tracked down by military helicopter before all three were denied bond
• Freitas was reportedly still alive upon impact but died shortly after from injuries sustained in the fall