Bride Drowns During ‘Trash-the-Dress’ Photo Shoot After Wedding Dress Drags Her Under Water
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A woman drowned during a trash-the-dress session in Canada after her dress became too heavy in the water. (Photo: Shutterstock.com)
A Canadian woman modeling for wedding photos a month after her nuptials drowned after her dress got wet and dragged her into the depths of a lake.
Maria Pantazopoulos was being photographed for a “trash-the-dress” session — a relatively new fad where brides will take photos of themselves in their bridal gowns in messy situations with the reasoning that the dress no longer needs to remain in mint condition.
Maria Pantazopoulos (Photo via CTV News)
Pantazolpoulos, in this case, was standing in a lake near Dorwin Falls in Rawdon, Quebec, when the current dragged the 100-pound woman under the water, according to CTV News:
“She had her wedding dress on and she said, ‘take some pictures of me while I swim a little bit in the lake,’ she went in and her dress got heavy, I tried everything I could to save her,” said photographer Louis Pagakis.
“I jumped in, I was screaming and yelling, we tried our best,” said Pagakis, pushing back tears.
Pantazolpoulos’ body was found a few hours later. She was married on June 9.
The photographers were taken to the hospital in shock.
Watch CTV News’ report here.
Featured image via Shutterstock.com.
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Comments (321)
wisehiney
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:02amLots of poor young brides would have appreciated that dress. Foolish, selfish, greedy democrat culture.
Report Post »usedCZARsalesman
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 12:35pmWhat the hell are you talking about PATTY? He was talking about thinking of others and how some hard working, yet les fortunate, bride would have loved to buy that dress second hand (since she was going to DESTROY it)…and this young lady is a victim of her own self serving attitude…
PATTY, you seem to have a lot of anger, don’t let it cloud your judgement and your ability to think critically when talking to others.
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 12:43pmThe Bible and Patriotism (not to mention my Mama) tell me not waste anything.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 1:17pmWise is right on this one Patty-it could have been given to charity and allowed someone else to buy it or use it that isn’t a spoiled “Golda Gotrocks” of our world. Waste not want not, and be serious about doing good for others. She not only lost that chance, she lost her life. Tragic waste of life over a flippen dress she didn’t want reused.
Report Post »aragona
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:27pmI’m going to stick up for Patty, here.
Sure, the bride COULD have donated her dress and another bride would probably have loved to have it but it is HER DRESS to do with as she will. If she wants some additional non-traditional photos of herself in her dress, that is her perogative. She (presumably) came by her dress by ethical means, worked hard and paid for it, or her parents worked hard and paid for it. To say that she MUST donate it to some other less fortunate bride – I don’t think brides are obligated to do that.
So, in that vein, poorer brides should not feel entitled to get second-hand dresses from wealthier brides.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:30pmBride playing “Trash the dress”?
Never heard of it…..
I guess I’ve also never heard of a dress playing “trash the bride” either.
Apparently both are true. : (
Report Post »TexOkie
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:30pmWhat are you boneheads going on about. It was her dress and she could do with it what she wanted. She could burn it if she likes. It might have been a waste of a dress, but that is insignificant when compared to the waste of her life. We should all feel for her family and her loved ones.
Get over yourselves and your ideologies and look at this for what it is a truly sad and tragic situation.
Report Post »kenboo1
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:35pmI cant believe the crap coming from both sides. A person lost their life over a simple picture. Whether the dress could have been sold or given is not the issue… Government needs to stop this extremely dangerous practice and I am really surprised that Canada hasn’t already done so. We in America should take note and pass the HR 362436 bill and stop this dangerous practice before it happens in America…
She was absolutely gorgeous too…
Redfor
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:45pmDemocrat culture? All I see is a tragic story, not sure where polotics comes in on this one… I only wish someone would have thought it out more… I’ve never heard of “ Trash your Dress ” stupid as I personally believe it is… I feel for her family, friends and her widow husband. It’s always sad to hear a loss of a life over something so stupid.
Report Post »aragona
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:45pmRight, more regulation, more legislation to protect us from ourselves. Great idea. After all, it’s not like people should be held personally accountable for their actions. But – why stop there? There are lots of activities people engage in every day that are dangerous or could potentially be dangerous. Let’s outlaw those, too.
She died, it’s sad (really) but brides should be allowed to make these choices for themselves. The government doesn’t need to be involved and outlaw photo sessions.
Report Post »jackpassmore
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:50pmfor GOD‘s sake where’s your compassion? some of the things people post here are ugly, ugly, ugly. Pray for her family and look into yourselves
Report Post »t00nces2
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:53pmkenboo1… Government needs to stop this practice??!! Really? I think she did a fine job of stopping the practice as neither she nor any of her progeny will ever do it in the future. Some things solve themselves without any government intervention necessary.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:00pmThis whole “trash the dress” is just a new gimmick by photographers as a way to drain more money out of wedding couples. Weddings are a total rip off to begin with. Rent a pavilion for 8 hours…..$10,000, keg of beer….$1,000 each, wedding cake……$2,000, food dish…….$75 per person. Wedding couple photographs…….$200 per photo. I mean these elaborate wedding are geared up for the vendors to totally rip off the wedding couple. And may people actually brag about how bad they got ripped of. I hear “my cousin got married and the wedding cost $25,000″ and other similar stupid statements.
So “trash the dress” is something these photographers thought up. Hmmm, I only got $5,000 for these 20 pics I took of their wedding. I know, I’ll charge another $1,500 to take pics of that bride rolling around in her dress in some mud.” Just another gimmick to rip off wedding couples. Most people know that people won’t let expenses hinder their wedding and there are vendors that take advantage of that stupidity.
Report Post »davecorkery
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:11pmNot so Wise-hiney
Wow. You don’t even realize how incoherent you are (or what that word means). A socialist (ie., democrat) would give away, or sell the dress to a less fortunate bride at a discount. Only a capitalist (republican) would dare think that the dress she worked hard for would actually be hers to do what she wanted with. Private property. Not conditional property. Then you make an aspersion (again, look it up. There are now these things called “Dictionaries”) that she should have done what you wanted. That is socialism. Got it.
Report Post »You’re a democrat. Try getting both neurons to fire before you write. Or breathe.
Kupo
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:39pmDave
You’re pretty incoherent yourself. Nobody was saying the government should have come in and taken the dress to give to someone else. THAT would have been socialistic. Being appalled that someone would trash an expensive, once-worn dress instead of donate or sell it is NOT a leftist idea. It’s simply recommending charity rather than waste.
Granted, I agree that she was free to do whatever she wanted with the dress, but to accuse someone of being a socialist just because they recommend charity is just stupid.
Charity does NOT = socialism. Government redistribution of wealth DOES = socialism. Get it, ya moron?
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:45pmArgona, no one here said she had to donate anything, what we said was this is a tragic waste of life, and the truth at the bottom line is that it was 100% preventable. She would be with her new husband right now and her family, but she made a choice that to many of us sums up God’s warning of vanity. I was suprised by a scripture that one of the bloggers put up. I read it and the last two verses nailed this. We have become a vain and wastefull world, by not saving or giving away the dress or selling it, she chose to do something else. She did, and it cost her her life. She wasn’t wearing any safety equipment, no one even thought about it, she went to a risky place, in a heavy dress for vanity pictures. Do you see the cause and effect? Her family will now live with her foolish decision. I hope and pray others will learn from this. This was a cluster event, all the small things leading to this result.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:11pmPeople on the Blaze are getting pretty nasty. First of all, it was her dress do with what she wants. Could she have donated it to charity? Sure, but just because you would doesn’t mean everyone should…Or have you become commies?
Secondly, On the “weeding out the gene pool” remarks, you people are the lowest of the low. People that say things like that tend to be people who call themselves “professional drunk drivers”..That is, you people do stupid stuff all the time, you just haven’t met the consequences yet…But don’t worry, you’ll get yours.
Report Post »mike4400
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:30pmHR 362436 bill. Ken, now that is a HOOT…..
Report Post »see.pee.aye
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:35pmI can’t believe some of you empty-headed fools.. this woman just drowned, a husband lost his new wife, parents lost a child, a happy marriage is snuffed out.. and all you can saw is “meh, someone else should have been given that dress”
Report Post »Sickening. I expect this kinda cr/\p from lib sites.
see.pee.aye
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:44pmHow is saying something so hideously disgusting different than a drunk who killed someone else while driving and then frets over their own totaled car?
Report Post »Platonician
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:13pmYou are right! While everyone is free to do anything, it’s better to be a decent person. Don’t follow stupid trends, don’t follow the mobs, stick to good old common sense!
Report Post »My_Two_Cents
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:24pmSILLYFRESHNESS is so right. All these wedding service providers are standing with guns to the heads of 20- and 30-somethings making them run up huge bills on Daddys’ accounts for their weddings. If is totally the fault of florists, photographers, dressmakers, venues, bands, djs, caterers, planners, limo services, jewelers, favor makers, etc. that these hugely expensive weddings are going on. And they start really early on. They make the girls start dreaming about their weddings before they’ve even “discovered” boys.
Marketing wizards they are.
Report Post »blaze2453
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:51pmJudge not yet ye be judged, Wise, That was an awful thing you said.
Report Post »sct989
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:55pmReally guys? …. Really?
Report Post »Linny
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 6:41pmMonk…What a great Twilight Zone episode this would make, if it has not already be done.
On the other side, how very, very sad this story is. My condolenses to the family.
Report Post »Worldsapart
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 6:43pmHey Fellow Blaze readers,
Report Post »It‘s good to know you’re all turning into progressives. Let’s make everything political shall we. That’s what the Libs do.
It’ll be fun times. That way instead of mourning a tragedy, we can instead contemplate the sins of others, and they’re stupidity. I can’t think of anything more heart breaking than losing your new bride. Oh Wisehiney, I’m going to go out of my way here to be just as judgemental as you and call you an *****.
Wolf
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 7:11pmkenboo1 (says)
Report Post »Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:35pm
“… Government needs to stop this extremely dangerous practice and I am really surprised that Canada hasn’t already done so. We in America should take note and pass the HR 362436 bill and stop this dangerous practice before it happens in America…”
Just exactly the kind of thinking that has given us so much government control over our lives now, Kenboo.
As for the photographers thinking this up just to make more money: so what? The idea is not the issue, nor is it bad or wrong thinking for someone to come up with an idea to make a few bucks. Except the libs and people who want to control what others earn or have think it’s a bad idea.
The dress was the bride’s property- she could do with it as she wanted, just as anyone can do with anything they own.
It seems most those posting here have no idea what ‘freedom’ consists of. Must be communist libs.
Wolf
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 7:29pmMy_Two_Cents (Says)
Report Post »Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:24pm
SILLYFRESHNESS is so right. All these wedding service providers are standing with guns to the heads of 20- and 30-somethings making them run up huge bills on Daddys’ accounts for their weddings. If is totally the fault of florists, photographers, dressmakers, venues, bands, djs, caterers, planners, limo services, jewelers, favor makers, etc. that these hugely expensive weddings are going on. And they start really early on. They make the girls start dreaming about their weddings before they’ve even “discovered” boys.
You’ve gotta be kidding. I‘ve never had to hold a gun to any bride’s head to get them to buy my services- and not all of them are 20 or 30 somethings. You and foolish Freshness cast aspersions at people who work hard for a living with no more logic than ‘you wouldn’t do that’. Fine- don’t do it. People like you two are the kind of liberal communists this country can do without.
Bids
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 7:39pm“It‘s good to know you’re all turning into progressives. Let’s make everything political shall we. That’s what the Libs do.”
Yes, that’s why the first post blamed the selfish greedy democrat culture. @@
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 8:05pmLotsa reading between the lines going on here. Let me try one. I’m sensing upset about the “democrat culture” more than sympathy for the poor girl. Truth hurts, huh?
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 8:32pmI haven’t really seen any nasty posts, why is everyone so sensitive? Maybe we really do need to be more PC. Yeah thats it.
It is ok to feel for the family. It’s ok to question her judgement. It’s ok to voice your opinion on any aspect of this story. A lot of people died tragically today. Some did not cause their own death through their actions. Hopefully, they knew God.
None of us are gettin out of here alive.
Report Post »NYDeb
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 8:41pmMy Mother used to have a common sense saying for just about everything, like “don’t swim in a long heavy dress!
Bring back common sense people.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:40pmI‘m sorry for the lady’s death, but she made a really bad decision for the sake of being trendy or cute.. Unfortunately, it cost her her life. The lesson to be learned here is that one needs to think of possible dangers BEFORE engaging in the latest trends. There is a reason people don’t swim in clothes, and it seems it would have occrred to the young woman or photographer that a wedding dress would get pretty heavy in the water.
Report Post »vanman4446
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:58pmA real brainstorm
Report Post »damnedifwedont
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:32pmWell….Mama said stupid is as stupid does.
Report Post »izzy1127
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 11:01pm@ WOLF: That was a sarcastic remark from kenb001. Notice the numbers in HR 362436. Some people are so sensitive to everything going on, the political revenge comes out quickly. Feel sorry for the family and just pray things go your way.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 11:09pmIf you couldn’t tell Kenboo was being sarcastic, you are a dope.
My immediate thought when I read the headline was “Idiot.” She put herself in a dangerous situation for her own vain-glory.
She didn’t “deserve to die”, but she’s a dope. It is indeed a stupid, narcisistic thing to do.
If you don’t understand that EVERYTHING is political, you are a dope. It’s not a “Progressive” thing to make things political, it’s a human thing.
“Politics” is a word that means “how human beings interact with each other in groups”. It doesn’t have to mean “government”. If you don’t understand that very basic concept, I can’t help you. Bleeding heart reactionaries.
Report Post »GhostDog51
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 11:42pmIt’s a tragic accident, Wise. There’s nothing political about it. Shame on you.
Report Post »theSmartBlond
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 4:05amMmmm…okay. Normal human response: Oh that’s so sad that she died!
Report Post »bear knucklez
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 8:02amPssst. Your judgement is showing. My daughter is a photographer who does these types of shoots. This type of shoot is unique and since she is one of the few that does it in our area, she can make some money. It’s not greed for her, its part of her job that pays her bills. I am certain your job pays you and that isn’t considered greed. It also helped to finance her move to help a Cambodian orphanage as well as the victims of human trafficking.) also, many of the women she photographs have serious self esteem issues and they get to give their new husbands a gift that they can not be ashamed of. I am certain none of you have ever done anything “frivolous or wasteful”. I am certain all of the money you could have spent going to the movies or nascar or vacation was instead given to the poor.
Report Post »Rune Believer
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 9:33amHer death was a completely preventable occurrence. What was done was foolish and wasteful…of her life. Not matter who suggested the shoot, it was her idea to go into deeper water with such a dress. In youth’s folly and in youthful exuberance, she sacrificed her life over a dress that, yes, could have been donated. However, the dress belonged to her and only her. It was hers to do with as she would. Now the idea that government should ban the practice in order to keep young brides same is completely ridiculous! MORE government to save people from their OWN folly? Just how does that work? I’ll tell you. It will mean more repression of the artistic expression of everyone. Our daily lives will be ever more closely monitored to prevent the free expression and dissemination of ideas which the government will deem to be safe or unsafe. BIG government cannot keep us safe. It doesn’t even want to. What it wants is to CONTROL us.
Yes. She could have donated the dress she, and she alone owned. Yes. She was free to do with is as she would. Yes. More safety precautions should have been used, but that’s too late now.
More sincere condolences to her bereaved husband and family.
Report Post »BoyHowdy
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 3:56pmPretty much.
Report Post »neither1
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 4:23pmThe poor woman is dead. Shame on your words.
God hold up her family.
Report Post »Prodigy73
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 10:48pmWho the hell are any of you to judge this poor woman? It is HER property and her Choice. Have you missed the fact this woman lost her life? And all you can think of is that she was selfish for not giving her property away? You call her stupid for taking photos? Have you never taken photos of something you love? Car? House? Motorcycle? How about hunters posing with their kill?
You know nothing about her. You don’t know if she was charitable and kind or not. What gives you the right to judge her? Do you not have an ounce of compassion in your bones?
John 8:7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Romans 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
Report Post »WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 1:47amKENBOO1
Report Post »Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:35pm
I cant believe the crap coming from both sides. A person lost their life over a simple picture. Whether the dress could have been sold or given is not the issue… Government needs to stop this extremely dangerous practice and I am really surprised that Canada hasn’t already done so. We in America should take note and pass the HR 362436 bill and stop this dangerous practice before it happens in America……………………………………………… While your at it why don’t you just make them pass a law that forces them to make a dress that inflates into a life raft when you pull a cord….. Stupid TROLL!
watashbuddyfriend
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:00amWhy am I wasting time, watching Stupid?
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:15pmMy thoughts exactly, and along with thinning the stupid gene out of the human gene pool.
Report Post »t00nces2
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:00amWell done! That dress is trashed. Unlikely another woman would ever want to walk drown the aisle in it again.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 7:32pmWhat‘s the difference if it’s trashed and thrown away so no one can wear it again, or it’s stored in a trunk in some attic for forty years and never used again? It’s private property- none of your da** business what the owner does with it.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:59amWeddings bore me, because in most cases it’s a false union of dumb and dumber.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:01pmYou know, you need to have a girlfriend before you get married…I suggest you try, perhaps then we will all be liberated from your insanely insignificant comments.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:05pmAnd you know what…I would gladly throw in a few bucks to the “Timmy needs to get laid” foundation…Here in Flint, there are quite a few knappy lookin’ hookers who could use the cash.
Report Post »CABERNETQHS
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 8:25amThis is stupid. At least it gives the hefty brides a reason not to diet…they are more anchored.
Report Post »theshortwhiteguy
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:55amAs a professional photographer, a majority of what I shoot (sorry, photograph) is weddings. In my 25+ years I have never been approached to do a “trash the dress”, nor will I.
Report Post »iahp_mom
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:08amWhy not? I’ve shot a few of them and they are a fun way for brides to show that the commitment of marriage is permanant. The dress will never be needed again. Further it is a way for the bride to get some more adventurous images for her album, that will show her personality, without worrying about how long her guests will have to wait or what her hair, dress and makeup will look like when she’s done. Not all Trash the Dress sessions ruin the dress. It’s just that keeping it pristine is not a concern.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:25amiahp_mom – I think it is foolish. As said before, someone else could have used the dress. Why be so silly when marriage is sacred. Its only a dress and not something that represents the brides virginity any more or a committment to marriage. That is what vows are for. Doesn’t it say something silly to your future children when they look at pictures of the bride doing trash the dress!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 12:40pmThe law of Natural Selection wins again. Does this couple never plan to have children? Do they not think a daughter would like to wear the dress mother got married in?
Report Post »In some/many families, the wedding dress is passed down generation after generation.
It’s their money, their dress do do with what they want. Accidents happen, too, but they more often happen to stupid people.
Benjamin Jarvis
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:10pm@ NHwinter
Report Post »Exactly, it’s just a dress. I think foolish is a little strong. Just a little uptight aren’t we? Worrying about what future children think of Mommy’s pictures of the former happiest day of her life, or if someone else could get a turn in the dress? Sheesh.
Charybdis
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:15pmWhatever happened to saving a dress for your potential future daughter to wear at her own wedding? That’s a great tradition that also helps keep the cost of the wedding down (those dresses cost thousands of dollars).
Oh, I almost forgot. It‘s as likely as not these women will abort any child they’re “burdened” with, anyway. Wouldn’t want to be inconvenienced or anything like that. Might as well throw away the dress, just like you throw away your babies.
Report Post »aragona
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:29pmFrom trash the dress to abortion? That’s a huge, non sequitor, leap don’t you think? Shame on you.
Report Post »My_Two_Cents
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:10pmStyles change, especially after 30 years. And, we’ve become larger. I’m not talking about obese, as many brides are still stick figures, but with prenatal vitamins and such, today’s generation of brides are usually taller and bigger boned that their moms where at the same age. As a wedding professional for almost 15 years I can‘t remember the last time I saw a bride get married in her Mother’s dress. It rarely happens. Maybe a borrowed veil, but rarely the whole dress.
Report Post »focalpoint
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 1:19pmI’m a wedding photographer myself, but have never done a trash the dress photoshoot. Not because I disagree with the concept; just never been asked. I understand that many of these sessions are not done with the original dress. The bride can buy a cheaper dress to trash, or buy a used dress just for the “Trash” session. This way, the bride can keep her dress for memory sake, while still getting some adventurous pics.
Report Post »harald.reynols
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:52amSIG400DNAHIP, you are such an ass. Glad I don’t have to live with you.
Report Post »dabbob
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:51amDarwin Award.
Report Post »QuincySmith
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 11:27amMy thought as well, especially after reading: “Pantazolpoulos, … standing in a lake near Dorwin Falls” May God bless her family and loved ones.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:48amThose photographer will never get over the horror witnessed.
Report Post »t00nces2
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:54pm… and possibly helped initiate.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:45amThere you go, go ahead and ‘Trash the Wedding Dress.” You might as well be saying now that you’re married you plan on whoring around.
Report Post »Swordmaster2552
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:51pmThat makes absolutely no sense. The idea is that the dress will never be needed again. As in, the bride will never marry again because she is committed to be with her husband forever.
This is a tragedy and you a-holes are upset because she dirtied an article of clothing?
Absolutely absurd.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:44pmNo, a tragedy is an automobile accident or dying from cancer, this was stupidity. She did this willingly, without any forethought, fom either her or the photographer, that maybe the dress would weigh her down once she got into deep water.
Report Post »Swordmaster2552
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 7:03pm@Anon
According to the police, she was standing in about a foot of water when she lost her balance and fell deeper into the river. I don‘t think that qualifies as such a reckless act that you should be celebrating her death because she was ’stupid’.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:52pm@SWORD
Report Post »Are you a little unbalanced? I never said I was “celebrating.”
From what I read on here and read and saw on CTV, she was walking in the water. I never read, or heard the police say she was in a foot of water. In fact, it says this:
““She had her wedding dress on and she said, ‘take some pictures of me while I swim a little bit in the lake,’ she went in and her dress got heavy, I tried everything I could to save her,” said photographer Louis Pagakis.”
Who doesn’t know not to go swimming near any falls, or water with a current wearing essentially something she and the photographer KNEW would weigh her down. like I said, no forethought.
Another photographer said the same thing almost happened to HIS client.
Other drownings were reported in the area several years earlier.
I feel bad for her family. If it was any tragedy, it was a senseless tragedy, this was avoidable.
ams9999
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:59amwhat?
Report Post »Swordmaster2552
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 1:51am@Anon
Ta-da:http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31383133/detail.html
One foot of water. And, yeah, when you are running all over the comments posting stuff like “Natural Selection wins again!” …. it seems rather celebratory. Most tragedies are senseless and most can be avoided (at least in the case of the two examples you gave me, car accidents and cancer) .
But it’s good to see that you can acknowledge the suffering her family is going through even if it was an avoidable death.
Report Post »gbgreta
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:43amYep, I heard she fell off of a waterfall cliff, too. So, what’s the real story, Blaze?
Or were there two different Darwin winners this week?
Report Post »usedCZARsalesman
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 12:41pmDid you read in THIS article that the lake she was standing in was connected to a waterfall? Where do you think the CURRENT took her…moron
Report Post »SIG40ONDAHIP
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:42amLol
Report Post »Archstone
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:39amMy wife did not do this 20 years ago. She is still fine, and the dress is the one in a box. Sad story that didn’t have to be…
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:02amAgree. Why this love of self and “ filming me” fascination ? What is all of this “ trash” business ? Why all of the love for destroying rather than preserving ? Is Mother Nature trying to balance the population explosion ? Very sad and so very unnecessary.
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:38amBARBER-
Report Post »Well put.
Steve
guz75
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:37amWhat a surprise, blazers full of judgement and zero compassion. A woman has died in an accident, regardless of your views on her actions can you not even muster a little sympathy for her new husband, or her family. I love you good Christian types!!??!! What a joke.
Report Post »ComingUnglued
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:59amI don’t think the Christians are the ones making the comments. What an awful tragedy? God Bless her and her family.
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:06am@GUZ75: Let me set you straight, pal. Christians DO NOT make such comments, TROLLS do. And unfortunately, The Blaze draws all kinds of trolls from the Left.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:07amMe thinks you are much more intent on trashing “Blazers” than you are with showing compassion .
Report Post »MoJohnT
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:18amGuz75, your apparent rush to say something stupid caused you not to realize that by commenting, you yourself became a “blazer”! ******** never miss a chance to be vile and hateful in their attempts to cast Christians and conservatives in a negative light. You reveal yourself for who you are…pathetic. It’s too bad a person died doing something silly and pointless. Of course you chose to just do something pointless.
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:33amSome Christians will suffer foolishness gladly.
Report Post »guz75
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:34am@BARBER2
Like I said, ‘full of judgement’. I notice your other comment on the subject is equally judgemental. Sorry if I hit a nerve.
I was married less than a year ago, so yes I find it easy to have compassion, particularly for the husband. I can‘t be critical of her actions because I wasn’t there and this article is clear as mud, but that doesn’t seem to have stopped many people here.
Just because someone chooses to do something you wouldn’t personally choose to do, doesn’t mean they deserve to have lost their life for it.
I‘m pointing out it’s a nasty attitude that is all too prevalent on the blaze, but if you wish to defend it, then please, knock yourself out.
Report Post »Msgt Ret
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 11:01amYea, the stupid comments are from obama voters.
Report Post »RobbieTLHughie
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 12:28pm@Stu every offensive comment on this site is made by liberal trolls? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 1:25pmExcuse me, it is sad. That said, she did this to herself in a very selfserving moment. The consequences, of her own making, are sorrow for her family for the rest of their lives, I am a Christian but I know we make decisions that cost us and the people we love. We do however, wish she had made a different decision instead of ruining a beautifull dress that ended up costing her her life. I bet her family does too. She made a huge mistake, I hope other young women learn from the experience, then maybe her death will have some meaning from the tragedy.
Report Post »usedCZARsalesman
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 4:42pmSee, most conservatives think compassion is a given (because it is for us)…since it is a given, we can feel free to give a little insight into WHY “accidents” like this happen in the first place. OF COURSE we feel sorry for this family, but the vanity on display by every 13 year old girl on Facebook taking 20 picks a day of themselves in a mirror is what causes tragedy like this. It is 100% valid to point that out so that others may learn.
Report Post »guz75
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:05pm@USEDCZARSALESMAN
Report Post »I’m sorry which comments were you reading exactly. The majority have been nasty, callous, self-righteous rants, suggesting that because she was doing something they don‘t like her death doesn’t matter. Conservatives = automatic compassion, that is the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while, I’ve seen more compassion for the wedding dress here.
My_Two_Cents
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:18pm“Yea, the stupid comments are from obama voters.” Well, here‘s one studid comment that apparently wasn’t.
Report Post »Hoax And Chains
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:35amLife is a gift, not a guarantee. Pulling silly stunts or not, it can be short no matter how we plan. Someone can skydive all their lives and die, slipping on ice and hitting their head. A combat veteran can come home to lose their life in a random accident. Trashing a dress or not, it doesn’t matter. Many of us live as though we will never die… going with the flow… just existing, doing what we think is necessary because the mainstream says its what we do for success… and when we do die… it is as if we had never lived. Live, laugh, and love. Today may be it.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:58am“Life is a gift, not a guarantee.”
NICE and TRUE.
Thank you for the reminder.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:11amHOAX…………Eternity is just one heartbeat away for all of us. This poor, silly girl, I feel bad for her, her new husband and her other loved ones.
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:34amSeriously? How incredibly stupid to die for such vanity. “Oh look it me I’m awesome.” And she had multiple photographers shooting her? And they all just watched her drown? What a bunch of girly men.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:52amYou didn’t expect that some demons taking pictures encouraging her to trash the dress were going to seriously risk their lives to save her did you?
Report Post »Charles
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:04amThe “photographers” tried to saver her? It takes intelligence to be a real photographer. Every dip who gets a camera in their hands thinks they’re a photographer these days. These dimwits allowed their subject to step into a perilous situation for a silly fad snapshot. Her widower should sue them out of existence.
Report Post »grimmster
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:29amWhich is more believable in this care, dawinism, of God teaching someone a leason,or just thinning the human population of bad genes?….
Report Post »As Forrest Gump said, “stupid is as stupid does”.And no , i have no compassion for stupid people…
watersRpeople
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:43amMaybe a little of both. People are so stupid they don’t even know what a Wedding Dress represents.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:24amhate to say it, but there is that whole mentality of this “participation-trophy generation” … “I can always get a new one” and no respect for Tradition OR what you do own, wreck what you have, esp if it was expensive and your parents bought it for you.
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:23amWhy?
Report Post »Simply and sincerely…. why?
Watchingtheweasels
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:34amAs Forest Gump would say, “Stupid is as stupid does.”
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:23amVery strange………
Report Post »darski
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:23amSo give her a Darwin award and let’s move on.
Report Post »CANDLEMAKER
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:20amSome stupid liberal has thought up another idea to trash the idea of the wonderful union between a man and a woman. When I was married 33 years ago, my wedding dress was a beautiful remembrance of a beautiful day in a womans life. This trashing of a beautiful dress…..I don’t get the thinking of these women who have been duped into wanting to destroy their dresses in the most despicable ways possible. Oh well…stupid is as stupid does and sometimes it kills you.
Report Post »grimmster
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:31am@Candlemaker.
Report Post »I agree, and said something similar about stupidity, great minds think alike;p
Swordmaster2552
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:05pmA white wedding dress is supposed to represent the bride’s purity before marriage. What symbolism does it have after the act? Its just an article of clothing. Does the groom save his tux for the rest of his life? In most cases, he just rents one. The wedding rings are the symbol of unity and commitment not a stupid dress.
Today, when you look at your wedding dress, it makes you happy as it brings back memories of your wedding. Some people feel the same way about wedding photos and even *GASP* trash the dress photo shoots.
My wife and I are actually planning on doing one in the future. It can be a fun way of making even more memories with the love of your life.
Report Post »My_Two_Cents
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 5:16pmWhat’s REALLY stupid is you assertion that the idea to do a trash the dress session must have come from a liberal. And your source for that decision, please?
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:20amGuess someone forgot to mention this…..
Dressed in her wedding gown, new bride, Maria Pantazopoulos, plunged 60 feet to her death while posing for photographs on top of a waterfall in Canada.
The Montreal Gazette reported the 30-year-old was standing on a rock when she slipped and lost her balance, falling into Dorwin Falls, north of Montreal, at 2.30pm yesterday.
The photographer, Louis Pagakis, described today the desperate final seconds as the newly-wed yelled: ‘I’m slipping, I’m slipping, I’m slipping,” before falling off the rock.
Report Post »mtsnj
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:39amand other canadian stories show a semewhat of a raging river that dragged her and her water logged dress in and drowned her in 20 feet of water, not the little calm pons up above. Should have stuck to real-estate that day.
Report Post »nonliberal
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:04amLOL, the same woman died twice in 2 different ways being photographed by the same guy and he quoted her as saying two different things!
This must be a BS story. If someone is going to make up stories, at least change the names of the people to keep it exciting.
Report Post »neither1
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 4:27pmThat totally changes the first impression. Wow, wonder why The Blaze didn’t give the whole story?
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:16amWaste not, want not.
Report Post »db321
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:23amI bet this Fad fades fast
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:10amMega-Dumb.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:08amhttp://www.divinecaroline.com/22071/83816-trash-dress-wedding-photo-contest
So, stupidity finally kills!
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:15amWow what sheep. Who ever came up with this fad is an evil person who wants to destroy tradition.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 9:46amPoor girl got caught up in a fad and died so young. What a waste of life. Prayers to the family and her new husband must be devastated! :(
Angel_light
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:01amI agree, EQUALJUSTICE
Report Post »AnnitaDunham13
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 10:47amso cruel dude…chill…
Report Post »aragona
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 2:38pmIt’s a DRESS.
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on August 26, 2012 at 3:13pmcan’t fix stupid
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