The nurse called the station warning the station about the dangers of such a contest. I doubt the nurse's warning was ever passed down to the contestants.
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Woman dies in Radio Stunt to get a Wii
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Im glad to hear these fools were fired but it doesnt let them off the hook in my view. A nurse has allready said she contacted this station about this. Im not one for ambulance chasers but I think whoever made this decision to have this stupid contest should be held accountable. Fact is this radio station was holding a contest that could kill someone and did. I dont blame the mother for not knowing but I do blame the station for holding this contest without looking into if it was dangerous.
It sounds like she should have gone to see a doctor. This sounds like one of those things that had she gone to see a doctor, she might have lived. Stupid radio station.
That audio proves that the radio station was fully aware of the dangers of the contest, and mocked & misled the contestants, pushing them to go even further.
I'm amazed he/she hasn't resigned/quit, though he might not be able to due to contract. Though given the circumstances, I'm sure the network would let him go.
Just curious, because I'm East Coast, but what radio station did the event? Was it the morning crew? Afternoon?
a question
okay, so i am watching larry king who is talking about this and a question comes up.
As this contest is going on, it is broadcast over the air in a big city, right?
surely, some folks knew about H2o intox and the possibility of death. surely, MDs and nurses and health care pros heard it as it was occuring.
one nurse called. we know that.
now the questions that I have are:
did medical professionals hear this and simply not call in knowing of the danger? did they assume that someone else would call in? did they think that the risk was low? do medical professionals not listen to this station because the content does not appeal to them? Did they call in and were ignored (we know one did, but what about others?)?
Knowing what I know about H20 intox, I look at it as if someone was holding a loaded gun in their mouth. I know if I heard it, I would have called in and said something...as did the woman in the tapes. However, would that have made a difference? As we see, no. Had more called in? Probably not as in the attitude of the DJs. I wonder if more people called in and were just ignored by the call screener.
Also, so many others did the contest and lived. It was a confluence of her body weight and H2O consumed that led to her death. Had her will been weaker, had her bladder been smaller, had any of a number of factors changed, we would probably not have even heard about this. I mean, the will to "WIN" regardless of her motivation led to her death. Her lack of knowledge about the dangers mixed with her belief that radio DJs wouldn't do anything that could be dangerous also were in play.
I just find this fascinating on so many levels (as well as so very tragic). Such a waste of a mom who cared a lot about her kids.
okay, so i am watching larry king who is talking about this and a question comes up.
As this contest is going on, it is broadcast over the air in a big city, right?
surely, some folks knew about H2o intox and the possibility of death. surely, MDs and nurses and health care pros heard it as it was occuring.
one nurse called. we know that.
now the questions that I have are:
did medical professionals hear this and simply not call in knowing of the danger? did they assume that someone else would call in? did they think that the risk was low? do medical professionals not listen to this station because the content does not appeal to them? Did they call in and were ignored (we know one did, but what about others?)?
Knowing what I know about H20 intox, I look at it as if someone was holding a loaded gun in their mouth. I know if I heard it, I would have called in and said something...as did the woman in the tapes. However, would that have made a difference? As we see, no. Had more called in? Probably not as in the attitude of the DJs. I wonder if more people called in and were just ignored by the call screener.
Also, so many others did the contest and lived. It was a confluence of her body weight and H2O consumed that led to her death. Had her will been weaker, had her bladder been smaller, had any of a number of factors changed, we would probably not have even heard about this. I mean, the will to "WIN" regardless of her motivation led to her death. Her lack of knowledge about the dangers mixed with her belief that radio DJs wouldn't do anything that could be dangerous also were in play.
I just find this fascinating on so many levels (as well as so very tragic). Such a waste of a mom who cared a lot about her kids.
It was help by KDND 107.9 "The End" and their morning show "The Morning Rave."
Well with the new information, yes, it was the radio station's fault. That's crazy.