夫婦跌落優勝美地山谷 原因為拍照失足

她是一個自稱為「腎上腺素癮君子」的人，他則負責拍攝他們在懸崖邊緣的「哇哇哇哇系列照片」，並在社交媒體上吸引了數千名粉絲。

在今年春天在大峽谷的一篇文章中，30歲的Meenakshi Moorthy還曾經警告那些試圖從危險高度拍攝自拍照的冒失鬼：「你知道陣風可能是致命的嗎？難道我們的生命竟只值一張照片嗎？」 標題附有Moorthy的照片，坐落在峽谷北緣的邊緣。這對夫婦近期的旅行變成是他們人生最後的旅行。

Moorthy和她的丈夫Vishnu Viswanath，兩人都是在美國的外籍人士，來自印度。星期二， Viswanath的哥哥表示，上禮拜他們夫婦因為拍自拍照，而從優勝美地國家公園墜落。國家公園管理人從Taft Point下面800英尺附近的地方發現他們的屍體。

 

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他們尋求刺激的社交媒體貼文預示著這對夫婦與日益增長的自拍死亡問題的聯繫。有研究顯示從2011年10月至2017年11月，至少有259人因為自拍而死亡。今年，超過10人死於優勝美地國家公園，有些為自然因素死亡、有些則死於墜落。

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