2014-08-12

Bodies of a couple who fell from a cliff in Portugal trying to take a selfie has been recovered on Monday.

As Polish Radio reports, the couple together with their young children, ages 5 and 6, visited a cliff in Cabo da Roca, Portugal, on Saturday. In order to make better pictures, the Polish couple allegedly crossed a safety barrier and reached the rocky edge of a cliff.

The incident happened in front of their children who are currently under psychiatric care.

Reportedly, a Spanish couple that was also at the location called emergency crews and rescuers tried to recover the bodies that fell hundreds of feet using a helicopter, but had to give up because of the rising tide on Saturday. The recovery of the bodies were continued on Monday.

Cabo da Roca (or Cape Roca) is a cape which forms the westernmost extent of mainland Portugal and continental Europe. The 16th-century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões described Cabo da Roca as the place “where the land ends and the sea begins.”

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