People Who Died Tragically While Trying To Break World Records

When you watch shows on TV about people breaking world records, you may hold your breath and let loose a few gasps, but the whole scenario is always safe and clear. What you don’t see on these shows and read in these magazines is the dark side of breaking world records. For every man or woman who has set a new death-defying record, there’s a couple of people who have just not been as lucky, and with tragic consequences.

Here are some people who died while trying to break world records.