A bungee instructor accused of throwing a young woman to her death without a jump cord has been pictured performing stunts with children. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died after she was launched from the Skeleton bridge in Limeira, Brazil, on Saturday, without the crucial bungee cord attached to her.
The three men who allegedly failed to attach the safety rope said previously they 'can’t remember' who was meant to put it on. Bungee workers Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, 32, Maicon Fernandes Cintra, 42, and Vitor de Freitas Goncalves, 27, allegedly didn’t clip on Maria’s safety rope. They have been charged with homicide after being detained following an alleged attempt to flee Limeira.
Footage has surfaced appearing to show Egoroff perform bungee stunts with children off the Skeleton bridge as part of his job. One clip from 2023 shows a child wearing a helmet and a harness clinging onto a man believed to be Egoroff before he jumps down from the edge of the bridge. In other footage shared on social media, Egoroff performs a backflip off the same location by himself. Workers are also seen launching other customers with ropes attached from the 'superman' pose into the air.
Ms Rodrigues de Freitas had been excited about her trip beforehand, which involved doing a bungee jump. She posted a picture of the rope operator Entre Cordas’s banner and caption 'Who was the crazy person who let me jump off a bridge?' The mum of Ms Rodrigues de Freitas said at her funeral on Sunday: 'That damned rope took you away from me forever. My beloved daughter, you are gone, and all that remains here is pain and longing. I will love you forever.'
