The 130ft high bridge where a young woman was hurled to her death on a bungled rope jump is to be blown up to prevent future tragedies, the Daily Mail can reveal.<\/p>\n
Work started Wednesday morning, less than a week after 21-year-old Brazilian Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was hurled off the bridge to her death.<\/p>\n
The decision to demolish the dangerous structure comes after a heartbroken relative demanded action in a text to a local politician who for years has campaigned against the rogue cord and bungee operators using it.<\/p>\n
Rodrigues de Freitas\u2019s uncle Luis was forced to identify her body following her death plunge from the Ponte do Esqueleto (Skeleton Bridge) outside the city of Limeira last Saturday, when a group she paid $56 for the expected thrill failed to attach a rope to her harness.<\/p>\n
\u2018We\u2019re recovering our strength as best we can,\u2019 he wrote to councilor Bruna Magalhaes.<\/p>\n
The devastated relative added he was spreading \u2018the word about the bridge\u2026 so that it gets demolished as soon as possible\u2019.<\/p>\n
Preliminary work to end the curse of the bridge \u2013 part of a railroad project abandoned 30 years ago \u2013 began early Wednesday, four days after the tragedy about 100 miles north of South America\u2019s largest city Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n
Workers with heavy earth moving equipment blocked off the entrances hours after officials from the Sao Paulo state signed paperwork for its complete destruction.<\/p>\n
Magalhaes told the Daily Mail in front of a crew securing the site: \u2018This will be done in three phases. The first is today as the earth movers block it off and stopping anyone gaining access.<\/p>\n
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died in Sao Paolo, Brazil after operators failed to attach a rope to her harness \u2013 in a horror jumping accident caught on camera<\/p>\n
Local officials are moving to destroy the notorious structure once and for all, with demolition work beginning in the area early Wednesday morning<\/p>\n
Rodrigues de Freitas was sporting a helmet and appeared to be wearing a harness, but she was completely unattached to the structure when workers tossed her over the edge<\/p>\n
\u2018Next, walls will be built to secure the barrier. Then the bridge will be blown up. I don\u2019t know exactly when because that will take a lot of planning due to its size. But hopefully this year.\u2019<\/p>\n
Years of being used by all kinds of alleged money grabbers in the name of thrills \u2013 whose lack of regulation in rope and bungee jumping made it a notorious but oddly magnetic spot \u2013 have taken their toll.<\/p>\n
The giant pillars are scrawled with graffiti, the detritus of the uncaring festers in a multitude of cracks.<\/p>\n
Rodrigues de Freitas had traveled from her home in a Sao Paulo suburb to be among a large group who put their lives in the hands of these unregulated rope-jump companies on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Approaching the bridge, the warning is ominously clear. A sign in Portuguese reads: \u2018Danger, risk of death.\u2019<\/p>\n
Halfway along the red-hued concrete surface topping the structure, evidence of the makeshift nature of precautions exactly where the horror happened are evident.<\/p>\n
Two thin strips of faded and rough cloth are crudely fixed to the low parapet in an apparent attempt to stop ropes chafing and breaking as they go over the side.<\/p>\n
Heavy machinery moved in on Wednesday as authorities began the first phase of securing the Ponte do Esqueleto bridge ahead of its planned demolition following the fatal rope jump<\/p>\n
Officials say the demolition will take place in stages, with access first blocked before the structure is eventually blown up<\/p>\n
The Ponte do Esqueleto -part of a railroad project abandoned 30 years ago \u2013 had also gained notoriety as a suicide hotspot, prompting years of calls for authorities to take action<\/p>\n
Near them, a flimsy hook is screwed into the concrete, with a piece of wire tied in a circle through it.<\/p>\n
At first glance you might believe a rope could be knotted through it \u2013 but it looked far too frail to bear any real weight or dramatic force.<\/p>\n
The bridge has been the wild west of bungee jumping for this southwestern corner of Brazil for years \u2013 plus a notorious suicide spot.<\/p>\n
On hearing of Saturday tragedy, furious politician Magalhaes immediately went to a police station to physically confront the men accused of killing Rodrigues de Freitas \u2013 as revealed in exclusive Daily Mail video.<\/p>\n
She then went to the scene and made a selfie video with the young woman\u2019s body draped where she fell in the background.<\/p>\n
Magalhaes raged about being ignored over the danger, saying in the video obtained by the Daily Mail: \u2018I was called crazy. Look at the situation here.<\/p>\n
\u2018This young lady here, to me, was a homicide. They threw this lady without a rope. This case is not going to be unpunished, these people will go to jail.\u2019<\/p>\n
For whatever reason, Magalhaes said Rodrigues de Freitas\u2019s body was not removed until 2pm.<\/p>\n
A flimsy hook sis crewed into the concrete, with a piece of wire looped through it to hold a rope<\/p>\n
Two thin strips of faded and rough cloth crudely fixed to the low parapet in an apparent attempt to stop ropes chafing and breaking as they go over the side<\/p>\n
An aerial view of the abandoned bridge that is a 130 foot drop to the ground<\/p>\n
In her office on Tuesday, she said: \u2018I\u2019ve been saying for many years we have to stop this. These groups are totally unregulated.<\/p>\n
\u2018What has now happened has proved my point but made me sad and angry.\u2019<\/p>\n
A group called Entre Cordas was running the event on Saturday, while video footage also showed operatives wearing t-shirts with the branding Ih Voei.<\/p>\n
Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, 32, Maicon Fernandes Cintra, 42 and 27-year-old Vitor de Freitas Goncalves have been charged with homicide with eventual intent. It means they did not intend to kill but are accused of a dangerous act that carried a fatal risk.<\/p>\n
Startling interrogation footage reveals Feliciano Egoroff, who carried Rodrigues de Freitas at the front, telling cops he and Fernandes Cintra were responsible for attaching the rope.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s him or me who does that,\u2019 he said in the clip, reported by EPTV.<\/p>\n
But then Feliciano Egoroff repeatedly insisted he could not recall other details of what happened in the lead up to the tragedy.<\/p>\n
\u2018I went to the front first,\u2019 he said. \u2018After that it erased from my mind. I can\u2019t remember.\u2019<\/p>\n
Speaking to the Daily Mail from her office on Tuesday, local councilor Bruna Magalhaes said for years she had been urging against the dangerous rope jumping activity but her warnings fell on deaf ears<\/p>\n
Three men, Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, 32, Vitor de Freitas Gon\u00e7alves, 27, and Maicon Fernandes Cintra, 42, were arrested for homicide with eventual intent<\/p>\n
Investigators are looking for a GoPro camera that Freitas had on her at the time of the fall which could show footage of the fatal incident<\/p>\n
Fernandes Cintra said he had been the instructor at the young woman\u2019s feet. \u2018In the procedure, sometimes I\u2019m the one who places the rope, sometimes it\u2019s Felipe.\u2019<\/p>\n
He said it was difficult to understand how the mistake leading to the tragedy happened.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s us three on the job. I can\u2019t understand at what moment I didn\u2019t see the rope,\u2019 he said. \u2018I simply cannot understand.\u2019<\/p>\n
According to a police report seen by the Daily Mail, Rodrigues de Freitas was given a GoPro camera to hold and record her descent.<\/p>\n
But it is understood the camera, which could hold further clues to the horror, has mysteriously vanished.<\/p>\n
Asked where it was, de Freitas Goncalves told police: \u2018Right, yeah, we don\u2019t know\u2019.<\/p>\n
Rodrigues de Freitas\u2019s very final moments were relived by off-duty nurse Rayza Dias, who told Brazilian TV she rushed down to help when she witnessed the horror.<\/p>\n
Dias said the young woman was breathing heavily and still had a weak pulse when she began battling to save her life.<\/p>\n
A graffiti-covered sign on the way to the bridge ominously warns in Portuguese \u2018Danger. Risk of death\u2019 complete with a skull and crossbones<\/p>\n
A view from the top of the cliff. The giant pillars are scrawled with graffiti, the detritus of the uncaring festers in a multitude of cracks<\/p>\n
\u2018I even talked to her. I checked her pupils, both were dilated,\u2019 she said. However the injuries were so traumatic, there was no saving her.<\/p>\n
One adventurer who jumped from the same bridge that day has claimed \u2018standards\u2019 slipped as organizers tried to clear a huge backlog of jumpers.<\/p>\n
A man, identified only as Emanuel, told Brazilian influencer Diego Schueng: \u2018It had rained, there were delays and there were many people waiting to jump.<\/p>\n
\u2018In my perception as a participant, the organization left a lot to be desired.\u2019<\/p>\n
Rodrigues de Freitas\u2019s mother, Valdenia Rodrigues, paid tribute to her daughter in a gushing Instagram post.<\/p>\n
\u2018My beloved daughter, today alone I wanted to hug you more than a thousand times,\u2019 she wrote.<\/p>\n
\u2018How much your departure hurts me. I love you eternally, my princess. And thank you so much for being a part of my life for these 21 years.<\/p>\n
\u2018What an honor it was to hear you call me mom. God, thank you for this privilege.\u2019<\/p>\n
Rodrigues de Freitas was buried on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Her mother wrote on a separate Instagram post after the service: \u2018That damn rope took you away from me forever.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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