A woman has died after she plunged 60ft from the mast of the historic ship Elissa in Texas, according to reports.
The 58-year-old woman, who has not been formally identified, died at about 12 p.m. on Saturday after she fell from one of Elissa‘s masts in Galveston, as reported by ABC affiliate KTRK.
Port of Galveston Police Chief Kenneth Brown said the woman had been a volunteer on the ship at Pier 21.
He added the volunteer had been wearing a safety harness when she plunged 60 feet to her death. The woman fell as volunteers worked on the ship while it was at the dock.
Brown said officers had attempted to contact the woman’s family, but that they had been unable to reach them as of 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Galveston Historical Foundation public relations officer Will Wright confirmed to the network the woman had died and added there would be no further comment until her family was notified.
Elissa, a tall ship launched in 1977, is one of three ships of its kind that still continue to actively sail the ocean.
Some 40,000 people arrive in Galveston to visit the ship and museum every year.
The Galveston Historical Foundation bought the ship from a Greek scrapyard in the late 1970s.
In 1982, staff and volunteers finished Elissa‘s restoration and turned the ship into a floating museum that would also sail.
Volunteers from across the Gulf Coast regularly take part in efforts to maintain the ship and keep her seaworthy. KTRK said Elissa was next due to set sail on April 8.
The Galveston Historical Foundation confirmed to Newsweek it would not release any further information until the woman’s next of kin had been notified.
Newsweek has contacted the Port of Galveston Police Department for comment.
Last month, a young hiker died after he fell 700 feet from a mountain peak in Arizona while he tried to take a selfie.
Richard Jacobson, from Mesa, Arizona, was camping with a friend on the Flatiron Peak of Superstition Mountain in Lost Dutchman State Park.
Officers said Jacobson lost his footing while he tried to take a photo of himself and a view of the skyline at about midnight.
But soon afterward, his friend alerted emergency services and reported Jacobson had fallen off the mountain.
Jacobson’s body was later found on a trail some 700 feet from where he had tried to take the selfie.
According to a study by the iO Foundation, a Spanish organization in infectious diseases and tropical medicine, deaths involving selfies occured about once every 13 days between January 2008 and July 2021.
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Woman Dies After Falling 60ft From Mast Of Historic Elissa Ship in Texas
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