{"id":172801,"date":"2023-03-21T22:25:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T22:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=172801"},"modified":"2023-03-21T22:25:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T22:25:35","slug":"moment-tourists-bungee-snaps-sending-him-plummeting-into-water-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/moment-tourists-bungee-snaps-sending-him-plummeting-into-water-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment tourist&apos;s bungee snaps, sending him plummeting into water blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Horrifying moment tourist\u2019s bungee rope SNAPS, sending him plummeting into water below and smashing him unconscious before he is pulled to safety<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tourist knocked unconscious during bungee jump gone wrong in Thailand<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He was taken to hospital and sustained injuries to his body, chest and lungs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Witnesses caught on camera the terrifying moment a tourist&#8217;s bungee cord snapped during a ten-storey jump, knocking him out as he plunged into the water below.<\/p>\n<p>Mike, a tourist from Hong Kong, was pulled to safety after the elasticated rope he was attached to broke during a dive in Pattaya, Thailand, in February.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly suffered injuries to the left side of his body, his chest and his lungs, and was taken by staff to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n<p>A Hong Kong-based news outlet claimed\u00a0that the activity park only compensated Mike for the cost of the bungee experience, and for the cost of the emergency outpatient service.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/03\/21\/19\/68955355-11887133-image-m-6_1679427958364.jpg\" height=\"678\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mike is pictured falling from the crane with the rope tied around his legs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/03\/21\/19\/68955367-11887133-image-m-8_1679427985758.jpg\" height=\"912\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The rope is pulled tort as he falls through the air<\/p>\n<p>The video shows Mike fall with his arms outstretched.<\/p>\n<p>As the slack bungee cord is pulled tort, he spins a few times before the rope snaps above him and falls.<\/p>\n<p>Mike dives about 100ft before the malfunction, leaving him to freefall several feet into the water.<\/p>\n<p>The video cuts out before Mike lands, which knocked him unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>Photos after the incident show him limp, being helped out by bystanders.<\/p>\n<p>Staff had reportedly given Mike a document in a mix of Thai and English to sign before the jump, which he believed was an insurance policy.<\/p>\n<p>After scaling a crane, staff tied a rope to his feet and pushed him from the highest point.<\/p>\n<p>He recovered consciousness underwater and was able to swim to the surface, where staff helped him out of the lake.<\/p>\n<p>A photograph shows the damage done to his armpit, one of the first parts of his body to make contact with the water.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors at the hospital gave him painkillers for the injuries but said that he would be fine.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the damage was to his skin, but he also sustained a lung infection likely caused by ingesting the dirty water.<\/p>\n<p>Mike was refunded the (approximate) HK $500 (\u00a352.30) he had spent on the experience and the staff covered the HK $1800 (\u00a3187.86) emergency medical fee.<\/p>\n<p>But for the park to compensate him for his medical bills upon returning to Hong Kong, Mike would need to waive the park&#8217;s responsibility for the accident, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mike claimed he had spent more than HK $50,000 (\u00a35,219) in medical expenses as a result of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0the American Council on Science and Health, deaths occur from 1 in 500,000 bungee jumps.<\/p>\n<p>This makes it 50 times safer than canoeing &#8211; but the figures account only for deaths and not injury due to malfunction.<\/p>\n<p>Five people were reported to have died from bungee jumping between 2015 and 2018.<\/p>\n<p>This tracks with the 18 deaths in 16 years noted between 1986 and 2002.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/03\/21\/19\/68955371-11887133-image-m-10_1679428019957.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Image shows the horrifying moment the rope snapped above him and sent him plummeting\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/03\/21\/19\/68954949-11887133-image-a-1_1679426357442.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Image shows Mike (in white) after staff helped him out of the lake below the crane in Thailand<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/03\/21\/19\/68954951-11887133-image-a-2_1679426361976.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Image shows one of the injuries sustained by tourist Mike after his bungee rope failed<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, a 20-year old nurse from Colorado died when her harness disconnected during a 70ft drop at the Get Air trampoline park.<\/p>\n<p>The company said an inspection found &#8216;the device, webbing and triple-locking carabiner were found to be intact, and functioning normally, with no apparent damage.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>They ruled out the device as a factor in her death.<\/p>\n<p>The attraction park in Pattaya, Thailand, has not been named.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11887133\/Moment-tourists-bungee-rope-snaps-sending-plummeting-water-knocking-out.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horrifying moment tourist\u2019s 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