Brazil's Extreme Sports Deaths Highlight Regulatory Gap

Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died in June after jumping from a 131-foot abandoned bridge in Brazil. Her death is one of many at unregulated extreme sports sites across the country. Each tragedy prompts calls for federal rules or local safety measures, but Brazil has passed no law governing these activities on disused infrastructure. The gap between public concern and action remains untouched.