"She was still breathing"; nurse reveals last moments of young woman who fell in bungee jump in Brazil

The death of 21-year-old Maria Eduarda Rodrigues during a bungee jump in Limeira, São Paulo, is being investigated by civil police as intentional homicide. Rodrigues, a physical education graduate, fell about 40 meters after reportedly being launched without being secured by safety equipment. A healthcare professional involved in the rescue stated she still showed vital signs after the fall.

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I scraped my whole hand because the slope is very steep and there is only one rope to go down. I was covered in mud.

The incident occurred at Ponte do Esqueleto, an unfinished railway structure. Rodrigues was reportedly being held by three team members before the jump but was not attached to the safety gear. Witnesses expressed distress upon realizing the safety protocol failure. The young woman exhibited signs of life when rescuers arrived.

Nurse Rayza Dias, who attended to Rodrigues, described the difficult descent to reach her. "I scraped my whole hand because the slope is very steep and there is only one rope to go down. I was covered in mud," Dias told TV Record. She confirmed Rodrigues was still breathing with difficulty and had a very weak pulse upon their arrival.

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I saw that she was breathing with difficulty and examined her pupils, which were unfortunately dilated. I saw that she had a pulse, it was very weak, but she still had a pulse.

Three men, Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, Vitor de Freitas Gonçalves, and Maicon Fernandes Cintra, operating under the names "Ih Voei" and "Entre Cordas," have been arrested. They reportedly claimed to have fainted during the preparations and could not account for how the safety ropes became disengaged. Police noted that no formal company was behind the operation; the organizers promoted the jumps via social media, with their profiles now deleted following the incident.

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Even I spoke with her. I have the habit of joking and saying, 'No one dies on my shift.' And I even told her, 'Duda, no one dies on my shift,' even though I wasn't on duty there.