Chemistry teacher sets students on fire in science experiment disaster

New York Post ^ | January 2, 2014 | Natasha Velez, Lorena Mongelli and Laura Italiano

[Jewbacca]

Teaching the kids to make meth.

[TurboZamboni]

Better call Saul.

[Tijeras_Slim]

OOPS! Time to find another line of work!

[GeronL]

Should have went to Hogwarts

[Alex Murphy]

...four flaming crucibles in the Upper West Side public school’s third floor chemistry lab instead exploded into a fireball that raged across a countertop...

"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a night.
Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

[Jack Hydrazine]

I remember when my HS chem teacher on the first day put metallic sodium in a beaker of water. (Lights were turned off at the time.) It kind of sat on top of the water and burned a bit but it started making a whistling noise. The noise continued up in pitch until it exploded sending burning pieces of sodium every where!

Fortunately we were all sitting down in our seats. She only had a light burn on the arm from a small piece of it.

I’d love to see that again!

[PowderMonkey]

The incredible sight of hundreds of NY lawyers circling in the skies over Beacon High can be seen at this very moment.

[RichInOC]

WHAT HAPPEN?

[freedumb2003]

Make a man a fire and you warm him for a night.

Light a man on fire and he will be warm the rest of his life.

[Hang'emAll]

In 1968 my chemistry professor burned to death in a similar accident caused by a student who ran out of the building leaving the prof to burn.

[lowbridge]

“Kelp, parents dont like teachers blowing up their kids!”

[Black Agnes]

Ping.

[eldoradude]

The incredible sight of hundreds of NY lawyers circling in the skies over Beacon High can be seen at this very moment.

Q: What is the difference between a lawyer and a buzzard?

A: A buzzard is choosy about what it associates with.

[Doogle]

“hold ma beer, watch this”

[MissTed]

Horrible story. I hope the kids recover. :(

[sharkhawk]

I remember when my HS chem teacher on the first day put metallic sodium in a beaker of water. (Lights were turned off at the time.) It kind of sat on top of the water and burned a bit but it started making a whistling noise. The noise continued up in pitch until it exploded sending burning pieces of sodium every where!

Fortunately we were all sitting down in our seats. She only had a light burn on the arm from a small piece of it.

Our honors Chem teacher did the same. Had a yearly party for all of his students for years, really got you into Science.

[livius]

How terrible. In my high school (in NYC) we were never able to use the chemistry lab during my time there because at the beginning of the term, somebody had not only caused an explosion but somehow contaminated the entire space. I’m not sure with what, but the room was locked and off limits. Nobody was killed or injured in that one, at least.

Of course, this was NYC in the 1960s, famous for its schools with peeling paint and leaking roofs, so they probably just didn’t want to spend the money to fix it.

[thesharkboy]

WHAT HAPPEN?

Somebody set up us the bomb.

[Hoodat]

I remember when my HS chem teacher on the first day put metallic sodium in a beaker of water.

Those were the good old days. If I had been able to get my hands on some nitric acid back then, I'd be dead.