Brazilian Tourist Climbs Into Iguazu Falls to Retrieve Phone, Escorted Away at 1.5 Million-Visitor Site
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
Brazilian Tourist Climbs Into Iguazu Falls to Retrieve Phone, Escorted Away at 1.5 Million-Visitor Site
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
Summary
Video from Saturday showed a Brazilian tourist on the Foz do Iguaçu side climbing over a safety barrier and into fast-moving water above Iguazu Falls to recover a dropped cellphone.
The man retrieved the phone and got back to the walkway unhurt, but firefighters stationed at the attraction later confronted him and escorted him from the site.
Urbia Cataratas, which manages the Brazilian side, bars visitors from crossing, climbing or sitting on barriers and says dropped items should be reported to emergency personnel for possible recovery.
Iguazu Falls, spanning Brazil and Argentina, drew about 1.5 million visitors last year and has seen other risky incidents in 2026, including a hat-retrieval near Devil's Throat and a baby lifted over barriers.