Several people have died while taking selfie photos. While there is nothing inherently wrong with taking a photo of oneself, there can be no doubt that the selfie craze is a sign of the times, being an evidence of the “me, me, me” generation. I love photography and I get to take photos of beautiful places in many parts of the world, and everywhere I go I see people who are too busy taking pictures of themselves to study the scenery! The latest victim of the selfie madness was an unidentified man who was killed on Feb. 21 in Washington State when he was so busy posing for a selfie on a railroad track that he didn't notice an oncoming train. Other victims include 17-year-old Xenia Ignatyeva, who fell from a bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia; Courtney Sanford, who died in a car crash apparently while taking a selfie; Puerto Rican reggae musician Jadiel (Ramon Gonzalez), who died in a motorcycle crash moments after taking a selfie; Oscar Otero Aguilar, who accidentally shot himself while taking a selfie using a gun as a prop; 13-year-old Karen Hernandez, who fell into a river and drowned while taking a selfie; a 21-year-old man in Spain, who was electrocuted while trying to take a selfie from the top of a moving train; two men, who were trampled to death in the Kiptagich Forest in Africa while trying to take a selfie while holding on to an elephant’s trunk; a Polish nursing student, who fell off a bridge in Seville, Spain; a 16-year-old Italian girl, who fell 60 feet from a cliff while taking a selfie; and a Polish couple on vacation in Portugal, who fell off a cliff while taking a selfie. Meanwhile, two unidentified Iranian women who had a car crash while taking a selfie while singing karaoke survived and took another selfie on the way to the hospital! (Friday Church News Notes, March 6, 2015, www.wayoflife.org, [email protected], 866-295-4143) Comments are closed.
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