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Bride Slips Off Cliff at Waterfall During Wedding Photos – She Drowned
A recent bride was posing for wedding photos one last time Friday when she slipped into a river and was dragged to death by her own water-soaked wedding dress.
“I tried to save her. I tried, I tried, I tried,” the bride’s photographer, Louis Pagakis, told CTV News.
Pagakis said the bride — now identified as 30-year-old Laval, Quebec realtor Maria Pantazopoulos — was married June 9 and wanted a shot of herself swimming in her dress.
Canadian police first told reporters the woman had slipped off a cliff and plunged to her death. They also said she was a bride-to-be, CTV reports.
Later in the day, police corrected themselves, telling media that the woman only had her feet in the Ouareau River, near Dorwin Falls in Rawdon.
They said her dress absorbed a large quantity of water and pulled her into the water. She was eventually swept away by the current.
Policemen soon reported to the scene and found the woman’s body in about four hours.
Two witnesses, who were not named, were taken to a local hospital for shock.
Jerry Manderin
August 27th, 2012
Can I get my money back for the toaster I bought them?
Boobie the Rocket Dog
August 27th, 2012
my big fat wet Greek wedding.
Anonymous
August 27th, 2012
I guess she never learned what happened to Icarus.
Moe Tom
August 27th, 2012
Pretty Blonde. Tragic.
jwm
August 27th, 2012
Sorry-nothing to joke about here.
JWM
I Luv Bacon
August 27th, 2012
Another one returned to the bottom of the gene pool?
Cynic
August 27th, 2012
jwm – I’m with you. A friend lost his bride to a car accident 3 months after getting married. I’m tearing up at the memory of that time.
Roscoe P. Soultrane
August 27th, 2012
Why do brides smile on their wedding day?
Because they know they’ve given their last blowjob. She took it a *little* far, though.
Carter Nash
August 27th, 2012
Very sad. Condolences to her family.
From a UK Daily Mail article about the accident:
“Friends said she had been taking part in an increasingly popular ritual called ‘Trash the Dress’, in which brides pose for pictures while playfully destroying their wedding gowns.”
Used to be that getting married was a big enough deal all by itself. Now they have to do all sorts of silly games before and after – while having it all captured by a professional photographer. She should have given the dress to charity and concentrated on her marriage.
Zonga
August 27th, 2012
What, no pictures?
GM Car Of The Future
August 27th, 2012
“The photo shoot was part of a increasingly-popular rite of passage known as trash the dress, in which artistic photos are taken of the wedding gown being destroyed.”
Why not? We’ve been witness these past four years to our country being destroyed.
I Luv Bacon
August 27th, 2012
Look for a slew of copy cats, now.
phil.arbeit
August 27th, 2012
Hey guys, I know this great swimming hole, it’s about 30 feet above Niagra Falls, I’ll bring the beer…
This photographer better confine himself to wading pool shots from now on.
dba...vagabond trader
August 27th, 2012
Jeesh, my outlaws are still po’ed at me for eloping 24 yrs ago.
Necrophidius
August 27th, 2012
That’s just a stupid way to die.
Hotlanta Mike
August 27th, 2012
Another segment in “What the hell were they thinking?”
fina
August 27th, 2012
As this happened two months after the wedding, maybe the marriage was not meeting her expectations. This might have been suicide, not an accident.
Pickled Liver
August 27th, 2012
Wow – What a pretty young lady! Hate to think of the tragedy that the family went through on that day! May she rest in peace~!
Bob M.
August 27th, 2012
Dang… wotta waste of a hot bride!
Carlos The Jackal
August 27th, 2012
Hmm, looks like a conservative woman, yet swims like a liberal.
Mysteries, mysteries…
tracy t
August 27th, 2012
increasingly popular ritual called ‘Trash the Dress’
who the hell is pushing this dress-destroying ‘ritual’ — guess if you trash your dress you can’t pass it down to your daughter or granddaughter and you have to buy a new one
‘who were the ad wizards who came up with this one?’
Joe
August 27th, 2012
May I suggest there was a photographer there and maybe other people to help her get the dress looking right. Could nobody there swim? Something is not right here.
LadyGun12
August 27th, 2012
The first time I saw this article, it had a picture of the distraught photographer who was unable to rescue her. He was wearing a Superman t-shirt. Oh, the irony.
conservative cowgirl
August 27th, 2012
Seems to me, that would have been a good time to do a little “bodice ripping” like in romance novels. How tragically absurd.
Roscoe P. Soultrane
August 27th, 2012
What’s French-Canadian for “Hey y’all, watch this!”?
Absolute muddjuice
August 27th, 2012
Poor girl. The death is tragic. The trash the dress thing is just stupid. My wife treasures her dress and the significance of that day that the dress reminds her of……
Tessa
September 1st, 2012
I am a pro-photographer and we have been doing “trash the dress” sessions for over 5 years. It isnt a new trend and typically the dress is NOT trashed. We are taking fun photos of the bride (and often times the groom as well)in a more relaxed/fun way where the nerves of the wedding day arent present, nor is the fear of getting it dirty before the wedding or reception.
Most brides then dry clean the dress and put it away as a keep sake. No harm to the dress at all.
BUT I must say….why do YOU care so much??? It is HER dress and if she didnt want it eaten away by moths or being a closet hog…SO WHAT!?! She wanted MORE memories of herself in the dress.
ITS RUDE to say things like “she deserved this to happen” or “she is stupid for trashing the dress”…she WANTED more pictures of herself in the dress and choose this location herself for the shoot. NONE of them could have dreamt this tragic accident happening.I hardly think any of you would say something so snarky to her husband or family in real life…So easy to judge someone by keyboard…
I feel terrible for all involved. Prayers to her husband, family and friends.