Posted on 08/21/2018 6:03:31 AM PDT by Morgana
DETROIT (WJBK) - A 12-year-old girl from Detroit is in the hospital recovering from severe burns after taking part in a disturbing trend called the Fire Challenge.
"I can't help my baby. I can't help her," said Brandi Owens.
Brandi is trying to be strong, but can't bear seeing her daughter bandaged from head-to-toe and in intensive care with burns over 49 percent of her body. Timiyah Landers and her two girlfriends were hanging out at her Detroit home on Friday after mother Brandi made them pancakes and went to take a nap. Minutes later, Brandi said she heard a small explosion.
"She came running up my hallway on fire from her knees to her hair," she said.
Timiyah was on fire. Brandi's fiance quickly put her in the bathtub and sprayed her down with water. Brandi rushed Timiyah to the hospital as the other girls admitted, they were taking the fire challenge -- something one of the girls had seen on YouTube where you douse yourself with rubbing alcohol and set yourself on fire.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox2detroit.com ...
It looked more like an assertion than a question ... perhaps I misunderstood.
In the end, Darwin may take care of this millennial problem...
Compilation video of idiot kids setting themselves on fire. It’s in spanish so be advised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSdb7fteMWE
Yeah, not sure about her IQ. Can’t blame a 12 year old for being stupid, they are. But a mother???? There is the question.
Youtube can and does screen content. It therefore can be responsible for the peer pressure that is generated from its content.
Bystanders can’t be liable for crimes either unless they are inciting others to commit crimes.
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