There are few who can resist the temptation of clicking pictures while on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link - it is one of the most photogenic places in the city, after all
There are few who can resist the temptation of clicking pictures while on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link - it is one of the most photogenic places in the city, after all. But the obsession with getting that perfect picture is not worth putting your life at risk.
A report in this paper stated how a customer rode a cab to the sea link and then got down and walked to the edge to shoot pictures.
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According to the cabbie, one minute, the passenger was clicking away, the next minute, he was gone, having fallen into the sea. Miraculously, the man survived the fall and was washed ashore all the way in Dadar. He is now in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Though a possible suicide motive has not been completely ruled out, the incident should be a warning to all the shutter-crazy citizens out there. Whether it is a selfie or capturing a view of the city, people must pay more attention to their safety, and that of others.
Most people throw caution to the wind when there is a phone camera in their hand. Spurred on by adrenalin, the aspiration for hundreds of 'likes' on Facebook pushes many to put themselves in the path of danger for that perfect shot.
Nothing is worth those likes on social media. No picture is too good or too precious to lose a life over. Do a rethink as you careen precariously over the precipice. Take a step back and check whether that perfect photo angle could turn out to be deadly for you.
In this case, taxi drivers are advised not to stop their cabs on the sea link, even if the passenger pleads with them.
The sea link is a notorious suicide spot. Cabbies must keep going till the toll naka and then report the passenger's behaviour to the officials stationed there.
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