Moment Brazilian man, 22, survives 65-foot fall after harness snapped while pendulum jumping as a joke to celebrate his divorce
- Rafael Tostas suffered fractures to his face, neck, back and lumbar in February
- The 22-year-old had finalized his divorced and joked with his cousin and friend about performing the jump to celebrate the end of his marriage
- The harness wrapped around Tostas broke midair and sent him crashing into the shallow end of the pond
A Brazilian man who sought to lighten his mood after a divorce and attempted a pendulum jump is fortunate to be alive after the rope snapped and sent him crashing into the shallow end of a pond.
Rafael Tostas, 22, had joked with a cousin and childhood friend that he was looking to alleviate the sorrow that came with the end of his marriage when they accompanied him to a popular tourist spot in Campo Magro, Curitiba, on February 11.
Two days before the jump he was scolded by his mother when he opened up about the daredevil jump.
What he wasn’t aware of was that the pendulum jump, pretty identical to bungee jumping, would almost cost him his life.
O dia que nasci de novo ✨🩶 #deuruim #fy #bungeejump #acidente #aconteceu
Rafael Tostas suffered fractures to his face, neck, back and lumbar following an accident while pendulum jumping in Brazil. The 22-year-old attempted the jump, similar to bungee jumping, and crashed into a pond after the harness he was strapped to broke
Still image of 22-year-old Brazilian Rafael Tostas after he dove off a platform during a pendulum jump attempt that nearly left him dead
Footage filmed by a friend shows Tostas, who was three days away from turning 22, diving off the platform as two men looked on before the safety harness snapped midair.
“After the divorce I wanted to enjoy it in every way,” Tostas told Brazilian outlet G1. “I was doing a lot of crazy things. I wasn’t valuing my life at all.”
The young man was airlifted to a local hospital where he doctors found fractures to his face, neck, back and lumbar. However, the lumbar fracture did not extend to his spinal cord area.
Tostas recalled watching several other people jumping without any issues before it was his turn to. Moments before his leap, he was joking that the rope was not sturdy enough to withstand is weight.
E está aí o vídeo da queda 🫠 #bungeejump #aconteceu #fy #acidente #deuruim #MaisQueUma
Two individuals stop their canoe moments after Rafael Tostas crashed into a pond in Campo Magro, Curitiba
Rafael Tostas fractured his face, neck, back and lumbar and has spent the last three months going to physiotherapy sessions. He said the accident had left him with pain and weakness throughout his body
Tostas says surviving the accident provided him a new outlook in life. “You start to see life and everything. Not that I didn’t care before, but I didn’t look at it with that look,” he said. “My life will never be the same. I don’t want to be that Rafael I was before”
He remembered opening his eyes and being surrounded by strangers who advised him not to move.
He attempted to get on his feet but felt “a very strong pain.”
Tostas has spent the last three months attending physiotherapy sessions. The accident has caused lingering problems such as lifting heavy objects and left him with pain and weakness in different parts of his body.
The near-death experience has given Tostas a new outlook on life going forward.
“You start to see life and everything. Not that I didn’t care before, but I didn’t look at it with that look,” he explained. “My life will never be the same. I don’t want to be that Rafael I was before.”
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