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Moments from disaster: A fatal sip of 'tainted vodka', a deadly bear attack and a hang glider's tragic mistake - the stories behind haunting final photos
SOURCE:Daily Mail
From fatal mid-air collisions and extreme sports accidents, to daylight executions and poisoned alcohol, these images are a reminders of how people's lives can change in an instant.
'Better on foot than in a car, because if you crash, the chance of it exploding and killing you is huge.'
Those chilling words spoken casually into a phone camera are believed be among the very last uttered by Jean Claude Bossard, a Colombian influencer who was brutally murdered just minutes later.
The 29-year-old was strolling through his Bogota neighbourhood last month, ranting to his followers about how he hated riding electric cars and declaring that he thought walking was the safest way to travel.
But just moments after he uploaded the clip on social media, he was confronted by two men on a motorbike who tried to steal his phone, backpack and gold chain.
Jean Claude fought back, but he was shot twice at close range, leaving behind the video he had filmed only minutes earlier as the final, chilling memory of him.
The influencer's death is one of a growing number of tragedies in which a camera was rolling just before disaster struck - freezing in time the final seconds before lives were cut short.
From fatal mid-air collisions and extreme sports accidents, to daylight executions and poisoned alcohol, these images serve as stark reminders of how people's lives can change in an instant.
Jean Claude Bossard was killed last month just moments after posting a video to social media. He is pictured here talking to his fans just before he was attacked on the streets of Bogota
The 29-year-old was killed after two men tried to rob him in the Colombian capital
Mid-air Collision
Just last month, a haunting video captured a champion paraglider's pained final moments before he was tragically killed in a mid-air collision over Rio de Janeiro.
Philip Eric Haegler, 59, was cruising above the skies of the Brazilian city when he was suddenly knocked off course by a hang-glider, causing him to crash into a building before plunging 11 stories to his death.
Distressing footage showed how Philip's wing clipped the bottom of the glider, sending him spiralling to the ground below.
The hang-glider, an instructor called Sergio Manoel Da Silva, was accused of causing death to Philip after police concluded he had acted with 'negligence' and 'inattetention' and failed to follow sporting flight safety rules.
Sergio told officers he was flying with a student when he became distracted as he approached the landing area.
He said he looked down to release the student's leg strap in a standard manoeuvre and lost sight of Philip's paraglider for about three seconds.
Sergio said that when he looked forward again he was startled to see Philip approaching from the opposite direction and slightly below.
He reportedly said he attempted a sudden movement but could not avoid the collision.
He also insisted Philip made no mistake and said the crash was caused by a split-second lapse.
Sergio told cops he admired Philip and described him as an idol he learned from.
Philip was a two-time Brazilian free-flight champion.
Picture shows Phil Haegler who died in a paragliding accident in Sao Conrado, Rio in Brazil on Nov. 20, 2025. He collided with a hang-glider
In footage, filmed by hang-glider Sergio Manoel Da Silva, the hang glider can be seen cruising above the skies of Rio when Philip's paraglider suddenly comes into view. Philip'swing then clips the bottom of the glider sending him spiralling to the ground below
Speed-flyer's Final Jump
In a separate incident, footage was posted by a daredevil speed flyer just hours before he crashed to his death into a cliff while jumping off a 5,580ft mountain.
Russian-born Vyacheslav Gribanov, 37, was taking part in a speed flying course on Mount Babadag in Turkey when he reportedly lost control of his parachute on November 3.
Vyacheslav had reportedly taken off from a 5,577ft runway that is a popular spot for paragliders and extreme sports enthusiasts.
Other pilots who witnessed the event said he fell onto the rocky slope.
Emergency responders rushed to the scene but confirmed that he died on impact.
Just hours before the crash, Vyacheslav had posted his final video on 2nd November where he is shown flying over a mountain.
A later scene which he reportedly posted on his Instagram stories shows him admiring the beautiful view.
In the footage, he says: 'It's impossible not to grab your phone and film when a view like this is in front of you.'
His brother, Alexey, said he had been wearing a GoPro camera attached to his helmet when the fatal fall happened and that his friends were trying to recover it to understand what happened.
ideo shows Vyacheslav Gribanov in last videos he shared on social media, undated. He died in Oludeniz, Turkey, Nov. 3, 2025
The daredevil died after he crashed into a cliff
Gribanov, 37, poses in undated photo. He died in Oludeniz, Turkey
Shot Dead In Broad Daylight
Another disturbing video captured the moment a young woman pushing her son's pram was followed down a narrow alley by two men on a motorbike shortly before they gunned her down in broad daylight.
The shooting took place in Sepetiba, in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, on the morning of November 4.
Security camera footage shows two men riding a motorbike through the same alley moments before Lais Pereira, 24, walks by pushing her two-year-old son in a pushchair while carrying a shopping bag.
According to Civil Police investigators, the men were following her and shot her after she turned a corner.
Lais died at the scene, but her son was uninjured.
Witnesses told police she had just dropped her four-year-old daughter at school and was on her way to her brother's home at the time of the attack.
CCTV footage shows the last moments of Lais Pereira, 24, who was shot dead in Sepetiba, in the West Zone of Rio, Brazil, Nov. 4, 2025
Lais was with her two-year-old son when she was attacked by two men on a motorbike
Lais Pereira, 24, poses in undated photo. She was shot dead in front of her son in Sepetiba, Brazil
A Deadly Drink
A Brazilian reveller who died from methanol poisoning after drinking 'tainted vodka' was photographed sipping on the deadly beverage just moments before she fell ill.
Bruna Araujo de Souza, 30, died on October 7 in a Sao Paulo hospital after consuming the contaminated cocktail.
Bruna had been out partying on September 29 when she suddenly began feeling unwell.
She told her friends that she had spent the next day vomiting, and told relatives in voice notes that she felt 'destroyed'.
'It feels like I'm going to faint. I can't even look at my phone screen', she told them.
Bruna was taken to hospital, where she died a week later.
Doctors confirmed that she had died of methanol poisoning from drinking adulterated alcohol.
A chilling final video of Bruna shows her partying as she holds up her supposedly contaminated drink to pose for the camera.
Bruna Araujo de Souza, 30, died on October 7 in a Sao Paulo hospital after consuming tainted vodka. She is pictured here holding up the drink that killed her
A chilling final video of Bruna shows her partying as she holds up her seemingly contaminated drink
One Last Selfie
The final moments of a young man who plunged to his death after scrambling down a cliff to retrieve his wallet were also captured on camera.
Luiz Guilherme Campitelli stopped to take a selfie near the Tim Maia Cycle Path after leaving a party in Sao Conrado, Brazil, on September 14.
But shortly after, Luiz dropped his wallet on the rocks and went down to get it.
He attempted to climb down the steep rocks, but lost his footing, slipped, and struck his head, suffering fatal injuries in the fall.
Footage filmed at the scene shows Luiz cautiously edging his way down the rocks and looking back at the person filming shortly before the accident, even managing a nervous wave shortly before the tragedy.
Police later said that Luiz had also climbed the protective barrier along the cycle path to take a photograph before losing his wallet.
Images taken by pedestrians after the incident show his body lying motionless among the rocks at the water's edge, while emergency services were called to the scene.
Police Chief Daniela Terra confirmed that the case was treated as an accident.
She said: 'Unfortunately, he lost his balance, fell and died,' adding that officers are still waiting to hear from a friend who had accompanied him that night.
Luiz's uncle, Juanildo Freitas, said the entire family was devastated.
He said: 'We don't know how his wallet ended up so far from where his body was found. It is a tragic moment, and he was my only nephew.'
Video shows Luiz Guilherme Campitelli descending the rocks, undated. He died in Sao Conrado, Rio de Janeiro, on Sept.ember 14,2025
He attempted to climb down the steep rocks, but lost his footing, slipped, and struck his head, suffering fatal injuries in the fall
Undated picture shows Luiz Guilherme
The terrifying moment a hiker filmed himself being charged at by a bear was also captured on camera - just seconds before he fell to his death down a ravine in Greece.
Christos Stavrianidis, 61, recorded the encounter on his phone while walking in Fratko forest in the north of the country, with a friend.
The clip, which lasts just 49 seconds, shows a large brown bear appearing on the path and moving toward him.
Moments later, Stavrianidis fell from the cliff as his harrowing screams echoed.
In the recovered footage, he can be heard apparently calling out to his friend Dimitris: 'Where are you? Come! Come to me,' as the bear gets closer to the camera.
Seconds later, his voice grows more desperate. 'Where are you? Come here to me. Come to me, I say. Come to me,' he repeats.
The hikers had a dog with them that barked furiously at the bear. 'Throw Dimitris,' a voice is heard shouting, followed by the sound of spray being released.
Stavrianidis coughs before the video ends, with him plunging into the ravine and calling out in fear.
The clip, which lasts just 49 seconds, shows the huge brown bear moving toward him
Christos Stavrianidis, 61, recorded the encounter on his phone before plunging to his death
His friend, identified locally as Dimitris, who saw the attack unfold, described how the pair had been enjoying a day trip before the horror encounter.
He told Greek media: 'My friend Christos and I went on a day trip to the Fraktos forest and visited the aircraft he had recently found, and we made our way back. At one point, near a peak, he went to see the view from above.
'I didn't follow him because I didn't feel the need, I went 10 meters ahead and I hear him shouting "Dimitris, come see a bear".'
He explained that he thought the bear was further away, but was shocked to see how close it was to Stavrianidis.
He says his friend shouted for him to 'come see a bear' for a second time, and that's when he witnessed the attack.
Dimitris recalled: 'The bear was six or seven meters close to Christos, it attacked, he sprayed it with a small spray he had on him, it ran away, came to me, and I saw it two or three meters in front of me. I didn't even have time... I was really stunned.
'The dog jumped in front of me and surprised it for two or three seconds, then it counterattacked. It stood up and rushed forward like that.
'I managed to get ahead, I took out the pepper spray, sprayed it, and it ran away.'
The bear is seen charging at Dimitris as his dock furiously barks in the background
Stavrianidis plunges into a ravine with his screams echoing before the video cuts out
The bear then turned its attention to his friend, according to Dimitris. He said the animal moved towards him and kicked him. 'He pushed him, now with his feet, with his body, anyway, he gave him one and left as if he didn't exist,' he said. 'I think he pushed him.'
Dimitris added: 'It was a huge bear, the first time I've seen one. It was a very large adult male, I believe.'
The fatal incident happened on June 8. Stavrianidis's funeral was held four days later. A forensic report confirmed that he died instantly from the fall.