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Couple Who Fell to their Deaths from Taft Point, Yosemite, CA Were Taking a Selfie

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The couple who fell to their deaths from Taft Point at Yosemite National Park in California were apparently taking a selfie, the recently identified manโ€™s brother said yesterday. Park rangers recovered the bodies of Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi Moorthy, 30, on Thursday from about 800 feet below the popular outlook. Viswanathโ€™s brother, Jishnu Viswanath, said the couple had set up [โ€ฆ]

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Bodies of 2 Tourists Found at Base of 4,000โ€ฒ Cliff in Yosemite, CA

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Officials at Yosemite National Park, CA are this morning investigating the deaths of two people who fell from Taft Point, a popular overlook that allows visitors to walk to the cliffโ€™s edge, where there is no railing, reports the Mercury News. The bodies of a man and a woman were spotted by several tourists on Wednesday, who alerted park rangers. [โ€ฆ]

CragBrains | October 26, 2018
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