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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,547 posts) Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:02 AM Jul 2021

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Lightning kills 18 people taking selfies at watchtower in India

Lightning killed 18 people as they were taking selfies of a storm near a watchtower in Jaipur, India, on Sunday.

BBC reported there were 27 people at the top of the 12th-century Amer Fort, a popular tourist attraction, when lightning struck.

Some victims lept to the ground, and local law enforcement officials reported that most of them were young people.

Video captured by Reuters TV partner ANI showed empty shoes left by the dead.

https://vancouversun.com/news/world/fatal-strike-lightning-kills-18-people-taking-selfies-at-watchtower-in-india/wcm/5b92ee59-02f9-411c-9027-ca3f9c9473c4

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Lightning kills 18 people taking selfies at watchtower in India (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2021 OP

Oh my god. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #1

And the Darwin Award goes to... LifeLongDemocratic Jul 2021 #2

Anything for a selfie. dewsgirl Jul 2021 #3

Darwin strikes - literally malaise Jul 2021 #4

That's awful, especially the part about people jumping ecstatic Jul 2021 #5

Freaky and tragic. Baitball Blogger Jul 2021 #6

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

1. Oh my god.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:10 AM

Jul 2021

That's about as crazy as you can get.

LifeLongDemocratic

(131 posts)

2. And the Darwin Award goes to...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:25 AM

Jul 2021

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

3. Anything for a selfie.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:43 AM

Jul 2021

malaise

(269,022 posts)

4. Darwin strikes - literally

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:50 AM

Jul 2021

That is all

ecstatic

(32,705 posts)

5. That's awful, especially the part about people jumping

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 10:02 AM

Jul 2021

off the tower, I guess due to panicking?

Baitball Blogger

(46,720 posts)

6. Freaky and tragic.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 10:48 AM

Jul 2021

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