Heated Dispute
(1998,
Buenos Aires)
Did
he win the argument? It happened in February 1998 in a working-class Boedo
neighbourhood. During a heated marital dispute, a 25-year-old man picked up his
20-year-old wife and threw her off their eighth-floor apartment balcony.
To
his dismay, she became tangled in the power lines below. He immediately leapt
from the balcony and fell towards his wife. We can only speculate as to his
reasons. Was he angrily trying to finish the job, or was he remorsefully hoping
to rescue her? He did not accomplish either goal. He missed the power lines
completely, and plunged to his death.
The
woman managed to swing over to a nearby balcony and was saved.