Posted on 08/14/2023 5:26:39 PM PDT by Libloather
Horrifying footage shows the moment two Lollapalooza-goers were shocked by the third rail of a Chicago train - after entering the unauthorized area to take a series of photos.
Disturbing video circulating on social media shows the pair - as well as another member of their group - sitting on tracks and attempting to take a selfie, before a male member of the party leans back and is zapped with 600 volts.
He is then seen hauling a girl next to him on top of himself as he goes rigid with pain, shocking her in the process. The incident at 7.30pm left both victims, an unnamed man and woman, hospitalized on August 5, with the former in critical condition.
Neither have been identified, but first responders who rushed to the scene, at Chicago Transit Authority's Ridgeland Green Line station to rescue the pair said they are both in their 20s.
The two, who officials said had been making their way to the festival in Grant Park, were ultimately pulled off the rail by another member of the group, who managed to avoid being seriously electrocute but appeared to brave at least one shock while trying to rescue his companions.
In the now circulating footage, the duo are seen going limp after sitting on the dangerous, current-providing rail, through which a constant stream of voltage is funneled perpetually.
He is seen fighting through what appear to be a series of shocks himself as he struggles to heave his companions' dead weight - eventually doing with the help of several other straphangers, apparent horrified by what they have seen.
The footage is incredibly graphic, and shows how the travelers had gone onto the tracks to take pictures, with the girl - who was also hospitalized...
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I wonder what the pay-out will be.
I once met a guy who supervised a crew of electricians on the Boston subway (”T”).
He had one guy on the crew who wasn’t overly bright, and thought it would be cool to pee on the third rail.
Part of him evaporated.
The rest of him was, of course, dead.
Plat stupid games…
I have a hard time finding sympathy for adults or even older teenagers doing this kind of stuff. Little kids, get some sympathy.
Kids are getting dumber and dumber.
If these potential Darwin Award winners don’t croak, it will be millions. If they die, their families will get the money, but it will still be millions.
It appears that gambling was taking place on those tracks.
yup.
“I’m shocked! Shocked, that there are electrocutions going on, and on this very railroad!”
Electricity and stupid don’t mix well…
“...through which a constant stream of voltage is funneled perpetually.”
Quiet! The EnviroWeenies will be tapping into that to charge their EVs!
Well, maybe that’s not an entirely BAD idea, LOL!
Oh, RELAX. My BFF has one of those half-electric cars. I haven’t ‘divorced’ her yet. The ‘combustion’ end of it recharges the ‘electric’ end of it as you drive it.
*Rolleyes*
Typical phone call: “Hey, BFF! I’m coming into town. Did you need me to bring you a five-gallon can of ee-lec-tricity on my way in?”
*SMIRK*
Exactly! They have adult privileges with zero responsibility. Modern “parenting.”
America’s future leaders!
I’m sorry, but I cannot find any sympathy for selfie junkies. A selfie junkie died in Hong Kong last week after breaking into the top floor of a very tall building, to take a selfie on a stick, crazy picture for sure), knocking on windows on his rapid descent down to the abrupt stop on the sidewalk. This is an ever growing list…sad. Just think about ALL the others we don’t read about who make the same fatal mistake…sad.
A culture that believes they can do anything they want without consequence is doomed to history’s lessons. Six hundred volts is a harsh school master.
Note how the author of this piece writes that one of the rescuers “avoided being seriously electrocuted.”
Electrocuted means DEAD. It’s always pretty serious if yer DEAD.
It was a word specifically invented to specify this. Electricity + Executed = Electrocuted.
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