Number 9 Jorge Alberto Lopez Amores On June the 18th of 2014, Mexican man Jorge
Alberto Lopez Amores went missing in the ocean after jumping from a cruise ship while showing
off for a female passenger. Amores was aboard the MSC Divinia, which was travelling through
Brazil’s coastal waters. The 28-year-old soccer fan, reported as the son of a wealthy lawyer,
had been drinking while celebrating his team’s performance in the World Cup. He’d been seen
talking to a female passenger. He was heard saying to her “I am so happy that I can fly! Look at me!”
Then, he stuck his arms out and jumped from the ship’s 15th deck. Amores hit the water and then
disappeared into the foam created in the ship’s wake. It took over an hour for the Divinia to
maneuver back to his last known sighting. By that time, he was nowhere to be found. Aside from the
dangers associated with the high jump itself, Brazil’s coastal waters are known for strong
currents and the presence of sharks. Amores’ body was never found but he’s presumed dead.
Number 8 Ellie Bryan
In November of 2019, 18-year-old Ellie Bryan suffered fatal injuries in a car crash on the
outskirts of Aberystwyth, Wales. Bryan and two other passengers were in a Vauxhall Astra driven
by 19-year-old Dylan Benjamin. Bryan, who sat in the backseat, wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.
A fifth member of their group, Lena Evans, was driving a Vauxhall Corsa. It was reported that the
others were trying to get away from Evans, after previously having thrown a firecracker at her
car. When someone had made a comment about Evans following too closely behind, Benjamin decided
to demonstrate his driving skills, reportedly saying “I will show you how to lose her!". He
accelerated fiercely on the A487 but lost control of the vehicle at a sharp-right bend. The Astra
collided with a roadside tree before veering across the road and into an oncoming Audi. All
four people in the car were severely hurt but Bryan, unfortunately, didn’t recover. Benjamin
himself was left with brain injuries and spent two weeks in an induced coma. A judge would later
conclude that his "fatal decision to show off" had been the main factor in the accident and he was
sentenced to over three years in prison. Number 7 Sifiso Lungelo Thabete
In 2017, a promising bodybuilder from Durban, South Africa, died from injuries sustained in a
failed backflip attempt. At the community center where the bodybuilding competition was held, the
crowd cheered 23-year-old Sifiso Lungelo Thabete on as an announcer listed his accomplishments.
Thabete, an IFBB junior world champion, began waving his arms and engaging the audience. He then
ran towards the center of the mat and launched himself into a backflip. Sadly, the muscular
athlete didn’t complete the rotation and landed on his head, breaking his neck. Some of those in
attendance rushed to help him as he lay motionless on his side before rolling onto his back. A video
of the incident became viral and Thabete was ridiculed for showing off by a number of online
commenters, before the full extent of the failed backflip was revealed. Shortly after the incident,
Thabete was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Number 6 Viagra Overdose Amputation
In 2013, a man from Gigante, Colombia, deliberately overdosed on Viagra pills while
trying to impress his girlfriend. The unnamed 66-year-old, reported as being a farmer and former
politician, was forced to seek medical help after several days spent in agony in which he’d started
to develop signs of gangrene. Doctors in Gigante referred him to a medical facility in Nieva,
where staff noted his manhood was inflamed and fractured. They determined amputation as the only
possible course of action, in order to prevent the gangrene from spreading to other parts of
his body. After the procedure was successfully completed, the patient started to recover with
only some bruising. It wasn’t the first reported case of Viagra gone wrong. While preparing for
the first night with his wife as a marital couple, a Yemeni man took five pills at once.
After the wedding hall was cleared, the unnamed 25-year-old went with his wife to their new home.
He collapsed upon arrival and was rushed to the hospital, where doctors were unable to revive him.
Number 5 Escalator Arm Break On Valentine’s Day, 2017,
a man broke his arm while trying to impress a woman through a stunt that involved riding down
the escalator. Their identities weren’t revealed but a video of the incident subsequently became
viral and was picked up by several media outlets. The young woman was the first to grip the railing
as she went down the escalator backwards. She then lifted her skirt and briefly flashed her bum for
the camera. The man, presumably emboldened by what he’d seen, sat on the other railing,
with his hands behind his head. Unfortunately, the railing was too narrow and he failed to properly
balance his body on it. A loud “Oh my God!” was heard off screen as he fell an estimated 10 feet
on the other side of the escalator. He landed feet first but the momentum carried him forward
and his arm gruesomely bent backwards upon impact, leaving him with a fracture.
Number 4 Lindsay Young In April of 2011, James Perkins asked Lindsay
Young if she wanted a ride on his quad bike, near a caravan park in Northumberland, England. Prior
to extending his offer, 30-year-old Perkins had been showing off to Young and her friends
by performing tricks on the vehicle. Young, who was 9 years his junior, accepted the ride and
refused when asked if she wanted a helmet. It’s believed that Perkins attempted another trick,
trying to impress the young woman, at which point he lost control of the bike. Young fell from it
and died instantly. Perkins was airlifted to a hospital after suffering severe injuries,
including a fractured cheek and eye socket. It was later revealed that he had cannabis and
diazepam in his bloodstream. According to the judge that subsequently presided over his case,
Perkins should’ve known how unsuitable his offer had been because his quad bike steered through the
rear wheels and was specifically designed for one person. He was sentenced to six years behind bars.
Number 3 Natalia Borisovna Borodina In October of 2017, a Russian woman died during
a holiday to the Dominican Republic, after hanging out of a car window. 35-year-old Natalia Borisovna
Borodina had taken the top of her bikini off and was playing it up for the camera. Her friend,
Ivanna Boirachuk, aged 32, was filming her and was also reported to have been driving
the car at the time. After looking into the camera with her finger in her mouth,
Borodina leaned her upper body even further out the open window. Within moments,
she smashed her head on a road sign, sustaining devastating injuries. She was pronounced dead at
a Punta Cana hospital. The harrowing video of the incident was picked up by multiple media outlets.
Boirachuk was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, but later cleared of all charges.
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comments section below Number 2 Harry Houdini
Aside from his renowned death-defying acts, escape artist Harry Houdini was also known
for the strength of his abdominal muscles, said to have been capable of withstanding any blow.
Houdini would often show off physical prowess by asking people to punch him in the stomach.
In 1926, he was resting on a couch in his dressing room, at the Princess Theatre, in Montreal, having
broken his ankle during a performance several days earlier. He was approached by a man named Jocelyn
Gordon Whitehead who asked him if he believed in the “miracles of the Bible” and if the stories
regarding the imperviousness of his stomach were true. Houdini told him that it could endure a
lot. The escape artist didn’t have time to get up and brace himself when Whitehead suddenly
started throwing hard, hammer-like punches to his abdomen. Eyewitness reports claim that Houdini
winced at every blow before gesturing to Whitehead to stop, explaining he hadn’t had time to prepare.
As the evening unfolded, the escape artist performed while in great pain. His state
deteriorated over the next few days. Doctors told him he’d developed acute appendicitis and that he
needed urgent surgery. Houdini refused and went on with the show, at the Garrick Theater in Detroit,
Michigan, even though he had a fever of 104 °F. He passed out during the performance but was
revived and kept going. Once the show was over, he was taken to a Detroit hospital where he died,
on October the 31st, at the age of 52. Number 1 Pop Smoke
In February of 2020, only a few weeks after his mixtape had debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
chart, US rapper Bashar Barakah Jackson, better known as Pop Smoke, was gunned down in a home
invasion. At the time Jackson was renting a house in the Hollywood Hills. In the early morning of
February the 19th, several masked men entered the home through a second-story balcony. Jackson was
in the shower at the time and the intruders held a gun to the head of a woman who was staying with
him at the time, telling her to keep quiet. As the others moved through the house, the woman heard
Jackson screaming and the sound of a gunshot. Two of the intruders reportedly started kicking him
after he’d fallen to the ground. He managed to make his way downstairs, but not before two more
shots sounded off. The intruders fled the scene and the woman found Jackson on the ground. The
20-year-old had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
His killers, two of whom were juveniles, were arrested and charged with murder. The youngest
of the attackers, an unnamed 15-year-old, would later confess to a cellmate that he’d shot Jackson
over a diamond-studded Rolex. He said that the rapper had complied with their demands, at first,
but that he then tried to fight them, at which point he was pistol whipped and shot with a
Beretta M9. The LAPD initially believed it to have been a targeted attack, due to Jackson’s
alleged connections to the Crips. However, further details emerged that pointed to a robbery gone
wrong. The day before his murder, Jackson had posted several images and videos to his social
media, showing off the gifts he’d received for charting on Billboard. Some showed the house’s
address in the background while others featured it on the packaging, thus revealing his location.
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