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Another bright young future...



Per today's Chicago Tribune:
Nearly two hours passed between the time a Glencoe teenager fell to her death through the skylight of a North Side warehouse and someone called 911 to try to rescue her, according to witnesses and police investigating the weekend tragedy.

Jessica Savin, 17, died instantly in the fall after breaking through the glass pane of a skylight atop a carpet warehouse, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. But the friends she was with, who apparently did not know whether she had survived the fall, attempted to reach her over two hours without calling 911, witnesses said.

Later in the article, it mentions that her "boyfriend" was holding her hand when she fell through the glass. Yet, still, these teens were more concerned about getting in trouble for being on the roof and under the influence than they were about having their companion helped.

It turns out that they think that the girl died instantly from the fall. But they couldn't have known that at the time. Given their ages, and their zip codes, I think it's highly unlikely that these kids will be charged with any serious crimes of negligence. But I'll be only too happy to list their names here when they're known. You know, in case they're applying for jobs or colleges and someone wants to do a Google search.

I'm here to help. Unlike them.

In other high school news, an Indiana teacher has been suspended, and is facing termination, for allowing an editorial to be published in the school's student newspaper encouraging tolerance of homosexuals. One person interviewed for an Indianapolis Star article on the topic had this to say:
"Anyone who thinks an article on homosexuality in Indiana isn't controversial isn't a competent person."

Indiana's state motto is "The Crossroads of America". I'd suggest appending "Where Ignorance and Bigotry come together."

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4:37 PM

As a side note, I have a bit of advice: If something terrible ever happens,and you're related, involved (even peripherally), or a witness, please refrain from being interviewed by the press for at least one week. It never ever goes well. Ever.    



6:49 PM

i cannot imagine the sort of parenting that leads to a child being more afraid of getting in trouble than of WATCHING HIS/HER FRIEND DIE.    



9:12 PM

It's tragic whenever a young person dies, but how many poor kids were shot at the same weekend? How many went to bed hungry? How many homeless? How many sent to Iraq to die?

Also, I thought the article was about TOLERANCE. Is that also controversial in Fort Wayne, Indiana?    



10:03 PM

Ubie, I was being a smart-ass.

The "bright young futures" I was referring to were the selfish, awful "friends" of the victim.

In my mind, I link their reluctance to bring in emergency help with a pathological selfishness and sense of entitlement. That their absolute, first response was to cover their asses.

Reprehensible.    



12:22 PM

I agree parenting played a big role in how these kids acted after the event. But alchool abuse played a bigger role, and this kind of tragedy reminds me how kids are prone to binge drinking, and how they try to keep it a secret from their parents and other authority figures at any cost.

Lately, there has been a lot of discussion about this issue, and it has revealed what I consider to be very cogent and interesting arguments on why the legal drinking age should be lowered. You can read more about it here:

http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/1053520190.html    



12:57 PM

here

(thanks sysm)    



3:00 PM

I know; I was referring to the amount of media coverage this thing has gotten compared to the deaths of other, less privileged kids.    



3:05 PM

Really?

I think what made it front-page news was the teens' delay in getting help. Otherwise, I think it would've been a blurb in the news digest section. Where they do, in fact, describe people who are killed from fires, shootings, etc.    



7:09 PM

Sadly, this surprises me not at all. I deal with self-absorbed, asshole teenagers every damn day, and know a bunch of kids who would be this fucking stupid.

As for Indiana? ::groans::    



10:32 AM

The story DEVELOPED into that horrifying revelation.

When it first happened, it was still front-page of the Metro section as a "tragedy" of youthful revelry gone wrong.    



10:44 AM

The more it develops, the more it seems like we need the ace forensic skills of the "Sunglasses of Justice."    



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