A serious conversation needs to be had around the voyeuristic attitude of bystanders to accidents and the obsessive need to film or stream things. The fact no one used a life ring to aid the people in the water is scandalous.
General-Priority-479 on
WTF is wrong with people?
GarthODarth on
“Atrocity” would be a better word here.
huknowshuh15 on
What about the fact that people have been drowning here (particularly drunk people) from jumping into the river Lee for a swim for as long as I can remember.
I had a friend in school about 20 years ago whose brother died doing the same thing.
How about put up some signs to say no swimming.
00C3 on
Every year there’s a tragedy in water when the good weather comes around. Sickening to read of people who sooner took out their phones than helped. A sign of the times we live in. Rest in peace, Luke.
GerryTheHutch on
Not looking to excuse those that did nothing but I think the bystander effect and pluralistic ignorance were definitely at play.
“The bystander effect is a social psychological phenomenon where individuals are less likely to help or intervene when others are present in a situation, compared to when they are alone. This occurs because people in a group tend to feel less personal responsibility for helping, and may also misinterpret the situation if no one else is reacting.”
“Pluralistic ignorance:
If no one else seems to be reacting, people may incorrectly assume that the situation is not serious or that help is not needed.”
qwerty_1965 on
I wonder if those gouls will be outside the church filming this.
Eire820 on
Pretty awful behaviour to watch on and film someone drowning – throw the rings in to help at very least
In saying that, maybe we need to look at securing the access to the river to avoid anyone to go swimming – accidents waiting to happen
letsdocraic on
I did a FAR Training (First aid Responder) and we are told that you need to take charge of a situation until the someone more trained or a paramedic arrives.
You must take the lead on what to do and to actually assign jobs to strangers directly, instead of “Someone call 999” you should choose 1-2 people and direct them to actually call 999 and tell them
Bystander syndrome is crazy as 99% of people live day by day as if their life is on train tracks and have no idea what to do when things are not going as expected.
Mobile phones I believe have just made Bystander Syndrome 1000% worse as people are more distracted day to day and less aware how they can change outcomes day-to-day.
Obliviously the more people aware of this and more proactively trained the better things would be.
For those recording there is no excuse other then immature, narcissistic, egotistic overgrown children.
oceanview4 on
Shame on those bystanders,who took out their phones , there should be a law against this despicable behavior. What is wrong with them ?
coffee_and-cats on
The onlookers who videoed and took photos should be arrested
chestypants12 on
I bet a lot of the onlookers can’t even swim, yet are expected to be lifeguards. Was there a life ring close by? What was he doing in the river? Rivers and lakes are dangerous.
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A serious conversation needs to be had around the voyeuristic attitude of bystanders to accidents and the obsessive need to film or stream things. The fact no one used a life ring to aid the people in the water is scandalous.
WTF is wrong with people?
“Atrocity” would be a better word here.
What about the fact that people have been drowning here (particularly drunk people) from jumping into the river Lee for a swim for as long as I can remember.
I had a friend in school about 20 years ago whose brother died doing the same thing.
How about put up some signs to say no swimming.
Every year there’s a tragedy in water when the good weather comes around. Sickening to read of people who sooner took out their phones than helped. A sign of the times we live in. Rest in peace, Luke.
Not looking to excuse those that did nothing but I think the bystander effect and pluralistic ignorance were definitely at play.
“The bystander effect is a social psychological phenomenon where individuals are less likely to help or intervene when others are present in a situation, compared to when they are alone. This occurs because people in a group tend to feel less personal responsibility for helping, and may also misinterpret the situation if no one else is reacting.”
“Pluralistic ignorance:
If no one else seems to be reacting, people may incorrectly assume that the situation is not serious or that help is not needed.”
I wonder if those gouls will be outside the church filming this.
Pretty awful behaviour to watch on and film someone drowning – throw the rings in to help at very least
In saying that, maybe we need to look at securing the access to the river to avoid anyone to go swimming – accidents waiting to happen
I did a FAR Training (First aid Responder) and we are told that you need to take charge of a situation until the someone more trained or a paramedic arrives.
You must take the lead on what to do and to actually assign jobs to strangers directly, instead of “Someone call 999” you should choose 1-2 people and direct them to actually call 999 and tell them
Bystander syndrome is crazy as 99% of people live day by day as if their life is on train tracks and have no idea what to do when things are not going as expected.
Mobile phones I believe have just made Bystander Syndrome 1000% worse as people are more distracted day to day and less aware how they can change outcomes day-to-day.
Obliviously the more people aware of this and more proactively trained the better things would be.
For those recording there is no excuse other then immature, narcissistic, egotistic overgrown children.
Shame on those bystanders,who took out their phones , there should be a law against this despicable behavior. What is wrong with them ?
The onlookers who videoed and took photos should be arrested
I bet a lot of the onlookers can’t even swim, yet are expected to be lifeguards. Was there a life ring close by? What was he doing in the river? Rivers and lakes are dangerous.