HE LIVE STREAMED HIS OWN DEATH

 


Wu Yongning was a fearless Daredevil, who gained international fame from a dangerous, often illegal, hobby known as Rooftopping. 

With his camera and selfie stick in hand, Wu would climb to dangerous, dizzying heights, alone and without any sort of safety equipment, where he would perform some crazy, heart stopping stunt from the roof of a skyscrapper and then upload his videos to a social media platform where he garnered millions of views. 

He was dubbed China's First Rooftopper, and as he garnered more and more views and more and more people donated money to him, this dangerous hobby became somewhat of a career for Wu. 




On November 8th, 2017, Wu would perform his final stunt and would ultimately film his own death. Details are sketchy as to why Wu made his way to the rooftop of the 62 story Skyscraper, The Huayuan International Centre in Changsha, China, but it is believed he was doing this for a contest where he could win big money from a Chinese Live Streaming Website that was hosting this contest. 

                                                                 The Huayuan International Centre 


According to reports, Wu could win a substantial amount of money for performing the craziest stunt and he was sure he would win. With the money he could use this to pay for his upcoming wedding, as well as to pay for his ailing mother's medical bills. 

So armed with his camera he made his way to the rooftop of the 62 story Skyscraper in Changsha, China. Setting up his camera along the ledge of the rooftop, pointing to where he would perform his stunt, he got to work. Climbing over the edge, he lowered himself down along the ledge where he began doing his pull-ups while dangling off the ledge. 



He manages to do two pull ups when suddenly he seems to run into a problem. He appears to no longer be able to pull himself up, and he begins using his feet, but he can't get his grip on the class side. 

Eventually, the evitable happens and Wu loses his grip and falls to his death. 




His family would later go on to sue the Chinese Social Media Site that had created the contest, and they were ordered to pay out 30,000 Yuan. 

Shortly after Wu's death, a social media campaign was started called 'Don't hit Like, Don't Follow' which was meant to bring awareness to these dangerous stunts. The campaign's message was that by clicking like and following is just simply egging these Daredevils on, just like they did with Wu. 

At the time of his death, Wu was 26 years old. 

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