"Don't do anything stupid." She set their curfew at 2 a.m"
The stupid thing done here was setting high schoolers curfew at 2 AM in the morning!!!! ...in a strange place at a hotel no less. The chaperone was negligent and grossly irresponsible.
Agree: negligent and grossly irresponsible AND STUPID.
"Don't do anything stupid. She set the curfew at 2 a.m."
Considering that the kids had 13 hours of travel time AND their body-clocks were 5 HOURS AHEAD of local Hawai'ian time, the curfew was ACTUALLY SET AT 7 a.m. EASTERN STANDARD TIME (they came from New Jersey, correct?).
The combination of the alcohol, the balcony and EXTREME FATIQUE resulted in the accident.
Sadler, IMHO, should have exercised more control in the overall scheme of things, perhaps: "It's really been a long day kids, let's get some rest!"
Stupid!...and sad as well. As a parent I would never survive a loss like this.
Plus there is a 5 hour time difference between NJ and HI. As far as these kids' bodies were concerned that would be 7 AM.