- Pictures are often taken
to capture a happy moment in time.
A moment we often want to look back on
because it simply made us smile.
But sometimes those photos are the last thing
someone will ever do.
The following images that I'm about to show you
were taken of or by people who would immediately after,
unbeknownst to them, come face to face with their own death.
They had no way of knowing what was to come next
and were forever immortalized in these tragic photos.
So prepare yourself because here are
10 photos taken right before tragedy.
Number one is a car bombing.
On August 15, 1998 a group of Spanish tourists
were visiting Ulma in northern Ireland.
This was during a three decade long dispute
between unionists and loyalists
and Protestants and Catholics
and was a very dangerous time to be in the country.
Two of the tourists, a father and son,
decided to take a photo to commemorate their trip
just moments after this photo was taken
the stolen red Vauxhall Cavalier
to the right shown here exploded.
The car bombing killed 29 people
and injured another 220 more.
However, in an unbelievable twist,
the father and son pictured here beside the car
actually survived the blast.
However, it was actually the cameraman
who was not so fortunate and died shortly after.
The camera that took this image
was found by the authorities in the rubble.
Number two is the flood.
On June 8, 2014 a group of second year
engineering students from India
were on a tour going from Shimla to Manali.
Stopping by the river banks,
they were unaware that a nearby hydroelectric plant
had opened their flood gates
releasing a large surge of water into the river.
They stopped to take a happy selfie
when almost immediately after 25 students
including those seen here, were killed
when the water levels raised drastically.
The event became known as the Beas River Tragedy.
Number three is the death of John Lennon.
Taken on December 8, 1980 this iconic photo
was one of the last ever taken of the great John Lennon.
This photo shows John Lennon signing an autograph
for one of his biggest fans, Mark David Chapman.
But little did he know that shortly after,
Chapman would actually murder him.
Chapman was a huge Beatles fan but became fanatic
and ended up shooting Lennon four times
in the back, killing him.
Perhaps what's truly disturbing about the situation
is that Chapman waited for police to arrive
after the murder because he wanted to be caught.
He did it because he wanted to forever be known
as the man who murdered John Lennon.
Number four is a man jumping to his death.
In February of 2013, a newspaper photographer
was fiddling with their camera settings
so that they could get a picture of the fog
around a bridge in Hubei, China.
However, what he actually caught was truly horrifying.
While the photographer was trying
to snap a picture of the bridge
a man jumped off of it plummeting to his death.
Immediately afterwards, a woman suspected of being
the man's lover prepared to do the same.
Paralyzed by shock
and with a camera still in the photographer's hand,
he did not know what to do.
And as the woman jumped, the photographer tensed,
accidentally taking the photo that you see here
as the woman fell to her death.
Number five is a live television suicide.
R. Budd Dwyer was a Pennsylvanian senator
who served as the treasurer for Pennsylvania.
However, his name ended up being
dragged through the mud after being accused
and convicted of corruption for accepting a bribe
for which he was forced to resign from his position.
Maintaining his innocence and unable to cope any longer
with the embarrassment with his family,
he held a live press conference
in which he was supposed to simply resign.
However, that did not happen.
The conference suddenly took a much darker turn
and instead of resigning, Dwyer pulled out a handgun
in the middle of his speech, live on air,
put it in his mouth and shot himself in the head.
This, to the horror of a room
full of reporters and colleagues, that had to watch.
Disturbingly, the entire thing
was broadcast live on television.
And that clip itself is available in its entirety,
uncensored, on YouTube right now.
However I warn you the clip
is not for those with a weak stomach.
Number six is a serial killer murder.
In 1990, 14 year old Regina Kay Walters from Texas
and her boyfriend ran away from home
and shortly after disappeared.
The photo shown here is the last image ever taken of Regina,
which was taken by her murderer,
serial killer and rapist Robert Ben Rhodes.
One of over 50 of Rhodes' victims,
police believe that while her boyfriend
was likely killed right away,
Walters was kept alive longer
as Rhodes liked to take pictures
of his victims before torturing them.
One of those such pictures being this one
where Walters' hair was cut
and she was forced to wear a black dress.
This photo was taken just moments before
Rhodes brutally murdered Walters in an abandoned barn.
Rhodes was finally apprehended and convicted in 1994.
But the haunting photos of his victims live on in infamy.
Number seven is falling into Niagara Falls.
On October 1, 1995 Robert Overacker, a stunt man,
wanted to use his stunt skills
to draw attention to the growing homeless problem.
He devised a plan to illegally jump over Niagara Falls
in a jet ski that had a sign on it
that said "Save the Homeless."
The original plan was to ride straight off
of Niagara Falls and parachute to safety.
However, that did not become the case.
On the attempt, the parachute did not deploy.
This photo is the last one ever taken of Overacker alive
and was taken mere moments before
the stunt man fell to his death.
Number eight is inside a plane crash.
On August 12, 1985 Japan Airlines flight 123,
a passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka hit a fatal snare.
Interestingly, just seven years earlier
the same plane went down due to
a faulty repair from a tail strike.
And although the plane technically worked after being fixed
it was in a state of deterioration.
On this day, the plane experienced a violent decompression,
ripping off a large portion of the plane's tail
and taking with it the hydraulic controls.
This photo was taken by a passenger shortly after
the pilot declared that there was an emergency happening.
Out of 524 passengers, only four survived,
making this one of the deadliest plane crashes in history.
This photo is truly unique cause it shows
the terrifying last moments from the inside
of right before a plane crash.
Number nine is a man hit by the subway.
This image depicts Qui Suk Han
as he was on December 3, 2012.
Stuck on the tracks, Han was pushed
by another man after an argument.
Han frantically struggled to get up onto the ledge
but without help he was unable to do so.
Onlookers frantically waved their hands
to alert the train conductor but it was to no avail.
That was when photographer, R. Umar Abbasi
tried using the flash of his camera
to get the conductor's attention.
However, it did not work.
Instead, all that Abbasi got was a series
of chilling photos depicting Han fighting for his life
right before the train hit him, killing him instantly.
And number 10 is a deadly plane collision.
On September 25, 1978 Pacific South Airlines
flight 182 collided with a small four seater plane.
The two airplanes crashed over San Diego
killing all passengers upon impact with the ground.
To this day, this stands as the deadliest
Californian aviation crash in history
with a death toll of 144, 137 of which on board
and the other seven on the ground
who were killed by falling debris.
The probable cause was determined to be flight 182
not following air traffic control procedure.
By not informing air traffic control
that they had lost visual contact
with the other smaller plane.
This photo was the last taken of the plane
before shortly after crashing into the ground
killing everyone on board as well as some civilians.
So, those were 10 photos taken right before tragedy.
But I want to know from you, in the comments,
which of these photos was the most disturbing to you?
Was it the man pushed onto the tracks
that was killed by the train?
Or was it the serial killer
taking the last photo of his victim?
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Sweet dreams and I will see you on Tuesday.