<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A radio station fired three morning disc jockeys and seven other employees Tuesday after a woman died from drinking nearly two gallons of water in a contest.The hosts of KDND-FM's "Morning Rave" were fired a day after the station announced it was suspending the show and investigating the death of 28-year-old Jennifer Lea Strange.She died Friday after drinking the water in an attempt to win a Nintendo Wii, competing to see who could drink the most water without going to the bathroom.John Geary, vice president and general manager of KDND's parent company, Entercom/Sacramento, announced that 10 employees were fired.Strange died of water intoxication, according to a preliminary autopsy. Drinking large quantities of water rapidly can cause brain swelling and lead to seizures, coma and death.The county sheriff's office said it was not investigating.</div>
It's like that Chinese torture thing. You force water down a person's throat until their body can't hold it all and that's eventually what happens, you die. The other person must have been super human that won.
<span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%">Police are looking into it:</span><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As participants in KDND-FM's water-drinking contest chugged bottle after bottle, a listener called in to warn the disc jockeys that the stunt could be fatal."Yeah, we're aware of that," one of them responded.Another DJ said with a laugh: "Yeah, they signed releases, so we're not responsible. We're OK."Those comments, and others made during the Jan. 12 "Morning Rave" radio show, appeared to give little regard to the risk of water intoxication. But just hours after the contest, a woman who guzzled nearly two gallons was dead.On Wednesday, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department launched a criminal investigation into the incident, and attorneys for the family of Jennifer Lea Strange said they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the radio station.The county coroner said preliminary autopsy findings indicate Strange, a 28-year-old mother of three, died of water intoxication.Authorities decided to pursue the investigation after listening to a tape of the show, obtained by The Sacramento Bee, during which DJs joked about the possible dangers of consuming too much water, sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran said. At one point, the DJs even alluded to a college student who died during a similar stunt in 2005.Strange was one of about 18 contestants who tried to win a Nintendo Wii gaming console by determining how much water they could drink without going to the bathroom.Several hours into the contest, Strange was interviewed on the air and complained that her head hurt."They keep telling me that it's the water. That it will tell my head to hurt and then it will make me puke," she said.Eventually, Strange gave in and accepted the second-place prize: tickets to a Justin Timberlake concert. She commented that she looked pregnant, and a female DJ agreed."Oh, my gosh, look at that belly. That's full of water. ... Come on over, Jennifer, you OK?" a male DJ asked. "You going to pass out right now? Too much water?"Several hours later, Strange was found dead in her home.On Tuesday, KDND's parent company, Entercom/Sacramento, fired 10 employees connected to the contest, including three morning disc jockeys. The company also took the morning show off the air.Station spokesman Charles Sipkins said Wednesday the company had not yet heard from the sheriff's department but that it would cooperate with the investigation.</div>
Heh, they deserved to be fired if they knew it was Dangerous and still did it.I had figured it was just not knowing on their part.
Well they technically did nothing completely wrong, although the idea was retarded beyond belief. They made them sign release forms apparently, so that lady knew the risk. You can actually blame her partially for signing up and even signing the release forms.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Jan 18 2007, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well they technically did nothing completely wrong, although the idea was retarded beyond belief. They made them sign release forms apparently, so that lady knew the risk. You can actually blame her partially for signing up and even signing the release forms.</div>Usually they have medical professionals standing by and they should have alerted them to check her when she complained that her head hurt.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Jan 18 2007, 12:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Jan 18 2007, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well they technically did nothing completely wrong, although the idea was retarded beyond belief. They made them sign release forms apparently, so that lady knew the risk. You can actually blame her partially for signing up and even signing the release forms.</div>Usually they have medical professionals standing by and they should have alerted them to check her when she complained that her head hurt.</div>That, and obviously If the stunt was dangerous enough that she had to sign a waiver for it, they shouldn't have done it in the first place as it was a stupid and dangerous idea. But whatever.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jan 18 2007, 01:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Jan 18 2007, 12:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Jan 18 2007, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well they technically did nothing completely wrong, although the idea was retarded beyond belief. They made them sign release forms apparently, so that lady knew the risk. You can actually blame her partially for signing up and even signing the release forms.</div>Usually they have medical professionals standing by and they should have alerted them to check her when she complained that her head hurt.</div>That, and obviously If the stunt was dangerous enough that she had to sign a waiver for it, they shouldn't have done it in the first place as it was a stupid and dangerous idea. But whatever.</div>I had to sign a waiver when I ate the "7 Alarm Chicken Wing" the other night. My mouth burned for about 15 minutes.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Punisher @ Jan 18 2007, 02:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Why would you do that for a Wii anyways?</div>She had 3 children, she was probably doing it for them.
This is like that stunt that Marlins batboy pulled when Brad Penny made a bet with him to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour w/o barfing
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jan 18 2007, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That, and obviously If the stunt was dangerous enough that she had to sign a waiver for it, they shouldn't have done it in the first place as it was a stupid and dangerous idea. But whatever.</div>If she knew it was dangerous, why would she sign up? To me that does not make sense.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KyleOrton18 @ Jan 18 2007, 05:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>This is like that stunt that Marlins batboy pulled when Brad Penny made a bet with him to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour w/o barfing</div>A gallon in an HOUR? Call me crazy but that doesn't seem like that big of a deal.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jeefunk @ Jan 19 2007, 09:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KyleOrton18 @ Jan 18 2007, 05:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>This is like that stunt that Marlins batboy pulled when Brad Penny made a bet with him to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour w/o barfing</div>A gallon in an HOUR? Call me crazy but that doesn't seem like that big of a deal.</div>It's just as impossible as eating a tablespoon of powdered cinnimon in 5 minutes without having anything to drink with it. :thumbsup:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Jan 20 2007, 12:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jeefunk @ Jan 19 2007, 09:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KyleOrton18 @ Jan 18 2007, 05:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>This is like that stunt that Marlins batboy pulled when Brad Penny made a bet with him to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour w/o barfing</div>A gallon in an HOUR? Call me crazy but that doesn't seem like that big of a deal.</div>It's just as impossible as eating a tablespoon of powdered cinnimon in 5 minutes without having anything to drink with it. :thumbsup:</div>You can't hold that much milk in under an hour w/o barfing
