The friend of Juliana Marins, from Brazil, has shared footage of her last moments before she fell to her death. The 26-year-old was seen laughing and smiling before the fall
Heartbreaking footage has captured a tourist joking with her friend before she tragically plunged into an active volcano crater.
Juliana Marins, 26, from Brazil, plummeted more than 1,600ft while trekking up the second-highest volcano in Indonesia on Saturday. She gripped the attention of the world after harrowing drone footage showed her trapped for four days after she fell.
In a tragic update, rescuers revealed that she was dead, with her family confirming the news. Following her death, a video has been released showing Juliana’s last moments.
In the clip, shared by friend that she met during her solo trip, Juliana was seen standing at the top of the summit. Her and her friend, Federica then joked about the cloudy views. “The view is amazing, you can tell it was so worth it, said Federica.
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Juliana sarcastically said: “Yeh, we did it for the view, so I’m glad, amazing!”. Juliana was climbing Mount Rinjani – an active 12,224-foot volcano on the island of Lombok – with a guide and five other foreigners on June 21 when she fell, reports The Sun.
“No signs of life were found,” said Mohammad Syafii, head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency. The rescue team said it found her body beside a crater using a thermal drone after four days of intensive searches complicated by extremely harsh terrain and weather. The difficult conditions and limited visibility delayed the evacuation process, Mr Syafii said.
Brazil’s Foreign Ministry called her death a tragedy and said that the country’s embassy in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, had co-ordinated the rescue with local authorities. Authorities did not say when exactly she died.
In an Instagram post, Juliana’s family thanked the many Brazilians who had prayed for their daughter’s safety. She was a dancer who lived in Niteroi, outside Rio de Janeiro and had been travelling across Asia since February. She had visited the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand before reaching Indonesia.