Titanic horror as man drowns trying to copy iconic film pose with his girlfriend

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drinking alcohol on a fishing trip.The pair had wanted to recreate the iconic "King of the World" pose from the Oscar-winning feature film, but their depiction went horribly wrong, with Ciftci drowning when the pair fell off the pier.The couple had reportedly crossed a security chain to pose on the edge of the pier, with the pair falling into the water soon after their attempt at recreating the iconic scene from the James Cameron-directed feature.Nearby fishermen saw the pair tumble into the sea and rushed to help, rescuing Mine after she grabbed onto the end of a fishing rod.She was pulled to safety, but boyfriend Ciftci disappeared under the waves, with emergency services called to the scene to search for the 23-year-old.Mine was taken to hospital by ambulance, and Ciftci's lifeless body was pulled out of the ocean by a diving team two hours after the ordeal.Speaking to police, Mine said she and her partner thought it would have been funny to recreate the "Titanic pose," and that the pair had crossed the chain to stand on the edge of the pier when they subsequently lost their balance.

CCTV footage showed the couple's final moments together, setting up chairs on the pier to start fishing.Ciftci's body is set to undergo an autopsy before the funeral takes place, with the investigation into the incident continuing.