Additional information from The Mirror US:
A young woman hurled to her death in a bungee jump freak accident was still alive after hitting the ground, according to a nurse who desperately attempted to save her.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, plummeted to her death after being launched from an abandoned 130-foot Skeleton Bridge in Sao Paulo without a safety rope on Saturday. Rayza Dias, a nurse who rushed to her aid, told Brazilian television that the woman did not die instantly.
"I scraped my whole hand because there's a steep slope down there and only one rope for us to climb down," Dias told Domingo Espetacular on Sunday, describing the enormous difficulty in reaching Rodrigues de Freitas after the fall. "It was all covered in mud. I kept going down, down, we walked all the way."
Dias revealed that the victim was breathing heavily and had a faint pulse as she desperately worked to provide life-saving treatment. "I even talked to her. I have a habit of joking and saying, 'Nobody dies on my shift.' And I told her, 'Duda, nobody dies on my shift.' Even though I wasn't on my shift there," she said, becoming visibly emotional.
"Duda" is a widely used term of endearment for a Portuguese woman named Eduarda or a man named Eduardo or Duarte. According to local reports and a video that has since gone viral, Rodrigues de Freitas had requested to be launched "airplane style," with two instructors hoisting her above their shoulders as she stretched out her arms.
While I understand people seeking the ultimate adrenaline rush, NO WAY IN HELL is anyone throwing me "airplane style" off a bridge. Not even if I had a rope, a bungee cord, or a dozen steel cables with a parachute and actual wings attached would that happen. ~Jeezopete