Young People Keep Dying at Abandoned Bridges in Brazil. Nothing Changes.

Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died in June jumping from a 131-foot abandoned bridge in Brazil. Her death is not an isolated incident. Young people keep dying at these unguarded, unused sites across the country—yet Brazil has passed no rules to stop the practice or secure these dangerous places. Each death sparks calls for government action. Nothing follows.