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<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nThe 45-year-old mother of two could be seen in that video laughing and claiming: \u201cLet\u2019s go!\u201d- right before she screamed with joy while plummeting towards the earth.<\/p>\n
The horrifying footage shared online showed her swinging from an elastic rope, just above the ground, after which she was left uninjured. Liza opted to re-scale the tower after the first jump, located in Pavlovsk, near Russia\u2019s St. Petersburg, in order to take a selfie as a keepsake. Tragedy struck when she stood on that platform, 290 feet without any safety ropes.<\/p>\n Russian media reports spoke about Liza, adding how, without safety ropes\u2026 climbed back up, slipped, and fell down. This horrific incident was seen by her distraught Nikita.<\/p>\n The 23-year-old had attended the abandoned boiler tower with Liza, now used for daredevil rope jumps, to celebrate her grand birthday. A spokesperson from 23 block, who is the rope jumping firm that operates the famous facility, shared a statement on the tragedy. They declared a moment of mourning, recalling how the mother of two was a fun, free-spirited, and kind individual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A mother has tragically fallen to her death in front of her own son while taking a selfie to celebrate a successful bungee jump. Elizaveta Liza Gishchina slipped and fell a whopping 290 feet moments after she was filmed jumping from the platform to mark the major birthday occasion. The 45-year-old mother of two could…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static.smalljoys.me\/2025\/09\/10253082_extreme-sport-fanatic-elizaveta-gushchina-1020038991_1756888665.jpg\")
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