The Youtube Effect: Kids Injured, Dying From Dangerous Stunts
Kids Injured, Dying From Dangerous Stunts
Millions of people watch YouTube and other social media videos. There’s everything from music to medical procedures, comedy clips and cooking shows - you name it and there’s a video for it.
There are also videos showing teens and pre-teens choking each other and beating each other to a bloody pulp. These are videos that encourage dangerous and sometimes deadly games. It appears the more outrageous you can be, the bigger audience you’ll have. Unfortunately a lot of kids end up in emergency rooms or worse, dead.
Last week a 15-year-old boy died while copying a YouTube video he and his friends had seen. While standing, he passed out, and fell forward crashing into an empty drinking glass. His collarbone broke the glass and a shard sliced through his interior and exterior jugular vein. He died shortly after arriving at the hospital. It’s called the choking game.
The asphyxiation-to- get-high videos are popular with young adults, teens and even preteens.
Other popular “games” include jumping off a moving vehicle, salt and ice, extreme fighting, the cinnamon challenge and hitting someone over the head with a folding chair.