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Wendy said that the 2000 incident in this Darwin Award is unconfirmed. https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2010-10.html

I found confirmation but it actually happened in 1993.

“A man who fell to his death at the Grand Canyon this week was trying to pick up coins tossed by tourists onto a ledge beneath the South Rim, a sheriff's deputy said Thursday.”

“The victim, who crossed a safety rail before falling 360 feet while attempting to climb to the rock outcropping,”

https://www.deseret.com/1993/9/11/19065271/man-who-fell-was-trying-to-reach-coins-on-ledge

Submitted on 08/15/2020

Submitted by: Barbs Cuddy
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