Young man died while practicing bungee jumping: he jumped into the void without a rope | the Chronicle

The tragedy shook the Colombian municipality of Antimetropia, when the news of the death of Yecenia Morales Gomez. The 25-year-old visited an abandoned viaduct with her boyfriend last Sunday to practice the extreme sport of Bungee jumpingbut the afternoon ended in horror when the girl she threw herself into the void without the rope to hold her.

The company responsible for the practice, Bungee jumping in the skyIt was frequently established on the viaduct of the old Antioquia railway; on the day of the tragedy 100 people were recorded jump off the bridge.

“She approached the launch site and already had some items on it and, at any moment, is launched. The boyfriend tells me that they heard something, we do not know in this case if it was an order, if instructors use a keyword. He heard that and she too and she throws herself», Declares Andrés Morales, brother of the deceased, to The weather.

Yecenia’s boyfriend rushed to her side and attempted to perform first aid maneuvers to revive your partner, but It was already too late. Amagá firefighters appeared at the scene and rescued the young woman’s body, while her boyfriend was taken to a nearby hospital to treat the injuries he sustained while going down to her rescue. “He’s in shock, he doesn’t answer», Confessed Andrés.

The medical report on the young woman’s death revealed that it was not the impact that ended his life: Yecenia “death from cardiac arrest“As he plunged into the void, they said from the Fredonia municipal hospital.

A few days later, the company gave its version

The first reports of the tragedy indicated that the company Sky Bungee Jumping did not have the necessary permissions to make the jumps on the viaduct. The mayor of Fredonia, Gustavo by Jesus Guzman, denounced in Noticias Caracol that “is an entity that did not have the authorization“To practice an extreme sport.

“At no time has our municipality been solicited or consulted. The measures we are going to take are extreme measures“, added the mayor, and warned that these calls are made in a”private group“Via social networks. Andrés confirmed that his sister contacted the company from Facebook.

The deceased’s relative also criticized the company’s actions towards her family, whom they did not contact after Yecenia’s death: “What matters (the boyfriend) is that the business just went down and looked at how it was doing, they took off his harness and he never saw them again», He assured The weather.

This Thursday, the company raised the accusations born of the tragedy in a series of posts on Instagram: “We believe that the priority right now is respecting the bereavement and pain that their loved ones face. For this reason, until today, we had not commented on the facts, without prior and direct communication with your family“.

Regarding the different versions that have circulated on the death of the young woman, the company claimed that the premature jump it was not the product of a misunderstanding with the instructors, since its policy does not allow more than one person to be on the board during the jump. “Out of respect for Yecenia, her family and the investigation carried out by the authorities, we will refrain from presenting assumptions or conclusions of “reasons” or responsibility“they added.

The family demands justice for Yecenia

Yenecia, 25, graduated from University of Medellin, and practiced law. Wanting to experience something new, typical of the energetic spirit his family describes, he approached the old viaduct that Sunday.

“My sister is a girl with all the values ​​of the house, happy, spontaneous, with virtues that made her love her friends, I helped the people I needed. A lawyer who I had a lot of projects and I was creating a brand to highlight the good part», Remembers his brother.

Once the funeral arrangements have been made to send the young woman away, the family weighs whether or not to take legal action against the company. What Andrés ensures is that they will work as much as necessary to prevent accidents of this type from happening again.