Posted on 06/18/2022 11:25:55 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
BRIDGEPORT, CT (WFSB) - A little boy from Bridgeport was burned and allegations of bullying made headlines around the world.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised for his family.
After police said there was no wrongdoing, the family that was accused is sharing their story and they say the video clears them.
The family said this has been emotional for them too.
They said they wanted to wait for the police to do their investigation before releasing the video.
They claim it paints a far different picture than what was originally described.
The surveillance video shows boys in a backyard playing with gas cans, lighting fires, even kicking a flaming soccer ball around.
“They we’re interacting in the backyard being boys,” said Laura Giacobbe.
Giacobbe said she wasn’t home at the time, but her upstairs neighbor was supposed to be watching their four boys.
Unsupervised, 6-year-old Dominick Krankall would eventually catch on fire.
Giacobbe said it happened after he either kicked or stepped on a plastic cup filled with gasoline that was lit on fire.
Her older son even used his hands to put the fire out on Dominick’s face.
“Dominick was not left there to die. My 11 year old son, Lorenzo saved him, took his bare hands and took the fire out on his face,” said Giacobbe.
When the story first came out, Dominick’s family said Giacobbe’s kids threw a lit ball at him, saying it was a classic case of bullying.
“Next thing you know, I just hear my son screaming, help they set me on fire, mommy help they set me on fire,” said Aaron Krankall, Dominick’s father.
There was an outpouring of support.
Nearly $600,000 was raised on a GoFundMe page for the family.
(Excerpt) Read more at wfsb.com ...
Rather, it shows the boys playing with gasoline and fire.
The neighbor claims the mother of the boy who was burned was supposed to be watching the boys.
P.S. (Sorry, the story is written with typos and punctuation errors, but this is what passes for journalism today.)
They play with gas and fire in movies, video games and cartoons. Nothing bad happens there....................
Why are these kids playing with gasoline?
Because they are kids and kids do stupid things, which is why God gave them parents.
I did not allow my unsupervised six year old kids to play with gasoline and lighters.
I am a responsible parent. They were eight before they were given gas cans and lighters.
[[Sorry, the story is written with typos and punctuation errors,]]
Inexcusable, i can’t accept it! j/k
Because they don’t know how to make gunpowder? Plus, you can’t easily buy the chemicals at a drug store, like we used to.
You’re being pinged because you responded to an earlier story by Daily Mail posted here: https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4058472/posts?page=1
Video does not show anyone setting anyone else on fire intentionally.
Instead, it shows the boys, unsupervised, playing with gasoline and fire, and the young boy catching fire accidentally.
You can watch the video at the link at the top of this thread.
Yep. I know I played with fire when I was 6. My 7-year old brother and I were playing with matches on a hot day in a field next to our house. The grass was tall and dry, and the honeysuckle was almost dried out as well.
To nobodies surprise but ours, the grass caught on fire.
I’m glad to know it could be proven accidental.
Caveat: may not work with software engineers.
Once again a very profitable horror story proves to be false. The video shows no deliberate bullying, and yes, the 11 year old does help put out the fire on the 6 year old’s face. That moves him from vicious assault to gross negligence (for leaving a cup of burning gasoline in a confined area where a 6 year old (who looks more like 4) was running about). Burned boy’s mother gets a share of blame for letting her child play with these kids unsupervised — and a lot of blame for spewing a lurid story that conveniently pulled in $600,000.
Thanks for that. Sometimes you just instinctively know that there’s always “ The rest of the story “.
unsupervised when you were six?
When we were six we were present for all the feats but we certainly did not lead them
I had a brother 3 years older.
He would usually lead, so I’d say not unsupervised at 6.
We were actually taught by dad how to use gasoline and kerosine to start fires for the straw, stumps and fire ants.
The battleship models and ammunition depots were just us being kids.
There were some near accidents. My brother’s ammo depot was too near the house and he blacked a couple of columns on the carport.
I used it to burn up larvae infested rat droppings underneath the rabbit cage, but it nearly killed a nearby pine tree. Even though I was careful to have the water hose out and ready.
My brother did the same thing.
Coworker burned down their barn, when he was small.
My brother also enjoyed playing with fire. On our farm we had a gas pump that was used to fill the cars and trucks. He managed to set it on fire one day.
We used lighter fluid on toy cars.
Kids do crazy things. We’re all lucky to be alive.
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