15 live fatalities

Unfortunately, even with television there are some risks involved. All incidents are usually news-related. Over the past 20 years, accidents have increased significantly as cable news channels strive to be better at everything, sometimes without even thinking about what they are showing. The only plus is that television unites, helping people to survive the tragedy together, with the whole world. At worst, there will be more than just another blockbuster.

But what can we do about it? Nothing, especially if the channel's ratings are growing with the help of such news. So, in our article 15 cases of death of people on the air are presented. You might be interested in the article 10 Actors Who Died On The Set.

15. The assassination of John F. Kennedy

That trip of the former President of the United States was not broadcast live, and no one would have seen the famous one. "Zapruder Film"but it can be assumed that this death was shown on TV much more often than any other such story. Only those who were in Dallas in the morning of 1963 knew what really happened. For many years, people wondered if Lee Harvey was Oswald is the only one responsible for the Kennedy assassination - a movie was even made about this "John F. Kennedy: Shots in Dallas".

The terrifying footage of how the most popular president, sitting in Lincoln with his beautiful wife, was killed by a shot in the head, will be remembered for a long time. It is worth noting that this tragedy is included in the rating of 10 historical mysteries.

14. People jumping from windows on September 11

The events of September 11, 2001 will appear on our list several times. A day that forever changed the consciousness of an entire country: the way the presidential speech sounds at the elections, supported by bitter rhetoric, the way we feel when we are at the airports, and the way we thank the army every time for service - all this is a consequence of those events. One of the most shocking moments of September 11 was the footage of the employees of the Shopping Center, standing in front of the shattered windows, deciding whether to jump to meet their death or not.

An airplane had already crashed into the building in which they were, the premises were filled with smoke and fire, there was no longer any hope of salvation. None of them knew that they would die anyway due to the destruction of the building, so many, in search of a better death, decided to jump. This event was included in the ranking of the 10 most expensive terrorist attacks in history.

13. Robert Dwyer

Some may know this story, thanks to the song “Hey man nice shot»Groups Filter (By the way, it is not at all about Kurt Cobain's suicide, as many people think). Robert "BuddDwyer was a Pennsylvania Senator, then Treasurer, and in that position, called a press conference and shot himself in front of the reporters.

Dwyer had recently been convicted of taking bribes for attempting to influence government contracts, and sentencing was scheduled for the day after his suicide. At the end of the press conference, he spoke unflatteringly about the governor, pulled out a folder with a hidden revolver and shot himself in the head.

12. Victor Barrio

This happened at the end of the 2016 bullfight on the Feria del Angem holiday. This was the first murder of a matador by a bull since 1985. Yes, bulls often injure people during the course. "Run Bulls"(Ensierro) in Pamplona, but this only happens if too drunk citizens block the path of an angry animal.

Bullfighters are trained, and the battles themselves are more like artistic dances and artistic performances.

11. Explosion "Challenger"

On the morning of 1986, all of America's schoolchildren were chained to televisions, wanting to see teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian sent into space. The opportunity for an ordinary person to become an astronaut and see everything with his own eyes eventually turned into a tragedy. McAuliffe and the other 6 crew members "Challenger " died in a ship explosion off the coast of Florida 73 seconds after launch.

Many at NASA believed that the accident was caused by a compressed ring formed by the propellant around the launch vehicles. Astronautics was not only set back years or decades ago, many feared that it would never be able to recover from such a tragedy. It is hard to disagree that the biggest breakthroughs in civilian space travel have been made by private companies, not government ones.

10. Doug Dedge

Mixed martial arts became popular in the late 1990s, when a parliamentarian sought to draw attention to the reason why the state did not allow this kind of competition, citing the name of Doug Dej. In 1998, Dedge, an MMA graduate, visited Ukraine to participate in a televised tournament. His opponent was Evgeny Zolotarev.

5 minutes after the start of the fight, the American was pinned to the mat by his opponent, after which he received a series of blows from 12 to 15 times. WITHUdya should have stopped the fight earlier, but he clearly did not expect that something could happen to Dege... When he tried to revive the athlete, he, in front of tens of thousands of TV viewers, was forced to announce the death of the fighter due to a brain injury.

9. Owen Hart

Wrestling fans from Kansas City could contemplate the death of one of the athletes right during his performance: professional wrestler Owen Hart accidentally unfastened the fasteners and fell to his death from the rafters of the Kemper Arena. Hart was supposed to go down in the guise of a superhero named Blue Blazer for a duel against "Godfather».

After this incident, the fans wondered why they were sent home, they insisted on continuing the show, because none of them knew about the death of the fighter. Hart's widow sued the company and received millions of dollars from it.

8. Alison Parker and Adam Ward

On the morning of August 26, 2015, Moneta, Virginia, reporter Alison Parker, along with 24-year-old cameraman Adam Ward, was about to interview the director of the local chamber of commerce. What no one had planned happened - the appearance of Bruce Williams, a former reporter who had been fired from the television channel two years earlier. The attack on Parker and Ward was shown live, and Williams' own cell phone footage was later released.

Vicki Garden, who was interviewed that morning, was shot, but survived. Williams fled the scene and was chased by police for 5 hours. The chase ended in suicide.

7. Lee Harvey Oswald

In the comedy album “No cure for cancer"The famous Denis Leary said:"I'm tired of being called the "TV generation" of my generation. After all, they still watch TV". What did you expect ?! The people who watched Lee Harvey Oswald shoot live one Sunday morning were afraid for 30 years to change the channel lest they miss something like that.

The conspiracy debate surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy and his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is still interesting. Oswald, in addition to killing the president, also shot a policeman, and considered the cinema the best hiding place after his crimes. Now Oswald would not have been 80 years old.

6. Joudon Romero

There are some news programs that are much more fun to watch than Fox news, in which in 2012 the suspect Joudon Romero, after carjacking, committed suicide on the air. News anchor Shepard Smith felt the chase was not going to end well and reassured viewers that the chase would be interrupted so he could cover more news.

Obviously this did not happen. Romero put a gun to his head, Smith shouted, “Stop showing it!”, But the guy had already fallen on his back after the shot.After the commercial break, Smith promised that this will not happen again.

5. Franco Scoglio

Aside from food, Italians only take football and the heated controversy about sports seriously, which, in part, also applies to football. One of the famous sports commentators died while discussing the match. His name was Franco Scoglio, during a live broadcast, he discussed the tycoon of Italian football Enrico Preziosi on the show Primocanale.

Preziosi was in touch with the show on the phone and must not have been looking at the screen when Scoglio passed out as he continued to debate with the commentator.

4. Shannon Stone

On a warm July 2011 evening, Shannon Stone took his 6-year-old son to a baseball game in Arlington, Texas to watch the game. Texas rangers against Oakland A’s... They got seats in the first row on the podium on the left, father and son brought gloves with them in the hope of bringing a souvenir from the home run.

At some point, the player threw the ball in their direction, Shannon leaned over the railing and fell from a height of 7 meters onto the concrete. Judging by the deflection of the back, we can say that the blow fell on the head and neck, but, fortunately, this was not visible on the air. Before the next game, a minute of silence was announced, and the flags were lowered.

3. Nodar Kumaritashvili

Celebrations for the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were suspended as Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luge competitor, died earlier that day during a training session. Any death at the Olympic Games is a big shock, especially since the death on the opening day could not fail to get publicity... Almost nothing was filmed, but footage of his deadly training, where after the start, the limp body of an athlete slides along an icy path, was shown again and again in the early days of the Olympics. He was the fourth Winter Olympian to die in Games history.

2. Tommy Cooper

In the 1970s, on the television show "Senford and son»Humorist Redd foxx always joked that he had a heart attack. Throughout his stand-up career, this has been an integral part of him. In the 1990s, he starred in various sitcoms, not parting with the same, as people thought, trick. It turned out that he really had a heart attack that led to death.

This incident was considered the worst until it became known about Tommy Cooper, a British comedian who died of a heart attack right during the show "Live From Her Majesty's". He put on his props, i.e. robe, quickly settled to the floor, seemingly according to the script, then fell backwards. The show was soon interrupted by an unplanned advertisement.

1. The second plane on September 11

On that day, people not only saw office workers jumping from the windows of the building to their death, but also how the plane flew directly to the second building. No one saw the plane crash into a building live, but millions watched the towers collapse and the plane bound for the Pentagon crashed into a Pennsylvania field.

At that moment, everything seemed possible. September 9 has become an incomparable day. When the second plane, full of passengers, hit a skyscraper, also filled with innocent people, it is not known whether humanity ever felt more helpless than on that tragic day.