‘I could have lost my life’: Thailand bungee mishap sees tourist’s cord snap in mid-air


The tourist's cord broke and he plunged into the lake from a height of about five metres. - HK01

BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A tourist in Thailand sought the thrill of freefalling but wound up in a hospital after the bungee cord attached to his feet snapped in mid-air.

Mike, who is from Hong Kong, had leapt off a platform 10 storeys high - about 30m - before his cord broke, sending him plunging into a lake in popular Thai tourist destination Pattaya.

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