Walking on Sunshine
A man walking along Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, Calif., on Christmas Day at sunset wasn’t paying attention to the gorgeous view. “Witnesses stated seeing someone distracted by an electronic device and he just fell over the edge,” says Lifeguard Bill Bender. Joshua M. Burwell, 33, of Sheridan, Ind., “wasn’t watching where he was walking; he was looking down at the device in his hands.” Most witnesses thought it was a cell phone, but the lifeguards who recovered his body 60 feet below did not find the device. (RC/KNSD San Diego) ...The ultimate 21st century tragedy: not recovering The Last Selfie.Original Publication Date: 27 December 2015
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 22.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 22.
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