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Woman falls to her death at Grand Canyon after posting image on cliff’s edge

Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 22:15 MJA Uncategorized 34

FOX8: Before a Florida woman fell 400 feet to her death last week at the Grand Canyon, she shared an image of herself taking in the spectacular view on Instagram.

Colleen Burns, 35, of Orlando, Florida, posted the photo on Friday and later that day accidentally stepped off an edge at Ooh Aah point.

According to WESH, Burns was on  vacation with two friends and they were walking a trail to take pictures of the sunset.

“She was stepping out of the way for another gentleman to kind of squeeze in, and unfortunately, Colleen kind of got tripped up on her own feet and fell backwards, fell into the canyon,” Burns’ friend Jessica Roman, who was with her, told WESH. “That was the longest, strangest, craziest two seconds of my life.” more

34 Comments on Woman falls to her death at Grand Canyon after posting image on cliff’s edge

  1. Ya see, now we have a trend. And here’s what’s causing it. Wear your helmet when riding your bike, don’t ride in the back of a pick up truck, don’t climb that tree. Etc etc. We have evolved into a bunch of weenies.

  8. When you think of that phrase: “falls to her death”, it’s like death is waiting for her to arrive.
    She survives the fall but not the impact.

    When I think about those that jumped on 9/11…my blood boils.

    It boils even more thinking that Barack Hussein Obama has the same mindset as Mohammad Atta.

  16. So she stepped aside to let another gentleman “squeeze in” at the edge of a cliff. Wasn’t she the gentle lady? And then the friend goes: “That was the longest,strangest,craziest two seconds of my life.” Like she was describing a Roller/Coaster ride. My friends we are fucked. People today are dumber than anvils.

  21. Did anyone ever count how many times Wile E Coyote went over a cliff and didn’t get killed or paint a railroad tunnel on a cliff and get run over by a train etc. He was immortal along with Kenny on South Park who keeps getting killed and always keeps coming back. Talk about tenacity, too bad life isn’t a cartoon lady and you just might live to do it again.

  24. She probably was very clumsy, typically. Why weren’t her so called friends looking out for her? Too busy taking selfies no doubt.
    BTW Zonga, clumsiness is to blame for the thumbs down you got. Sorry about that.

  25. Some years ago I was standing at the top of Hoover Dam, talking to a Park Ranger who was explaining some of the history of the original project. I happened to glance over the edge of the dam at the drop below, then turned back to the Ranger and started to say, “How long – “…

    Without waiting to hear the rest of the question, he replied, “Five seconds.”

    😉

  32. As Moe Tom noted, this jumped off the page:
    “That was the longest, strangest, craziest two seconds of my life.”
    It sounds as though she was waiting for something to happen.
    Did she expect the Darwinian to holler up, “I’m okay.” ??
    WTF ?

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