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Judi Lynn

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Tue Sep 10, 2019, 09:39 PM Sep 2019

Horrifying moment 29-year-old fashion designer and activist jumps from a 12-story building in Brazil [View all]

Horrifying moment 29-year-old fashion designer and activist jumps from a 12-story building in Brazil to her death

  • WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
  • Grazielli Martinelli jumped to her death from the roof of her apartment building in Belém, Brazil, on September 2
  • Footage shows the moment a firefighter attempts to restrain Martinelli before she runs and leaps from the building after a five-hour stand-off
  • The 29-year-old was a fashion designer and activist who was concerned with issues in the Brazilian Amazon
  • In recently deleted posts from her Instagram and Facebook account, Martinelli confronted her bouts with depression

    By ADRY TORRES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
    PUBLISHED: 14:30 EDT, 10 September 2019 | UPDATED: 18:09 EDT, 10 September 2019

    A 29-year-old woman who publicly battled depression jumped to her death from a 12-story building in Northern Brazil after firefighters tried to talk her down safely.

    A woman, 29, who confronted her bouts with depression jumped to her death from her 12-story building in northern Brazil as firefighters attempted to restrain her.

    A cellphone video recorded the frightening moment Grazielli Martinelli stood up and ran towards the edge of her building's water tank and leaped after she noticed a fireman approach her.

    Authorities and family members in the port city of Belém spent five hours last Monday trying to convince the half-naked woman to climb down.

    More:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7448703/Horrifying-moment-29-year-old-fashion-designer-activist-jumps-building-Brazil.html



    Grazielli Martinelli, Rest in Peace.
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