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This 17-Year-Old Died Trying to Take an Epic Instagram Selfie
Oct 06, 2015 20:05
Is that picture really worth your life? Here's one shocking fact: the death toll for selfies in 2015 is higher than that of shark attacks. It's hard to make sense of the number of people dying because they were trying to take a picture of themselves. In fact, it doesn't make sense at all.
17-year-old Andrey Retrovsky of Vologda, Russia is the latest selfie-related death.
The teenager fell nine stories off the roof of a building while attempting to pose for a photo.
The rope he used to fasten himself failed. Most of the selfies found on his Instagram show a ton of dangerous, high risk behavior.
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