You Tube Dare Leads To 8 Year Old Girl's Death
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Young girl dies months after drinking hot water through straw in a dare
VIDEO The Florida girl has died five months after she was injured drinking boiling water through a straw. Source: Yahoo
Ki'ari Pope and her cousins were watching YouTube videos in March when they came across several videos showing people taking part in the so-called Hot Water Challenge.
On a dare from one of her cousins Ki'ari used a small plastic pipe to drink boiling water from a cup, her family has told local TV network CBS 12.
This week she was having trouble breathing as a result of her injuries and her mother's boyfriend called 911. She was taken to hospital and later died.
Ki'ari after she had her surgery. Photo: GoFundMe “They dared her and she said, 'OK, I’m going to show y’all I’m not scared, I’m going to do this'.” said Diane Johnson, Ki’ari’s aunt.
Johnson said Ki'ari had been expected to make a full recovery and her family are now devastated to be planning her funeral.
“Parents, talk to your kids about these challenges," she said. "Don’t just give them your phone and let them go by. Watch what they are doing.”
Ki'ari suffered burns to her mouth and throat and had emergency surgery on her windpip to clear scar tissue.
Ki'ari was a beautiful girl inside and out, her mother said. Marquisia Bonner, the child's mother said she had a tracheotomy, which left her with trouble breathing and talking.
In a GoFundMe page set up to cover funeral arrangements Ms Bonner writes that "Ki'ari was a beautiful girl inside and out".
"She loved sports and espcially basketball," she wrote.
Boynton Beach police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater said the medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
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Is this a Darwin award candidate?
No. She was trying to be adventurous, without the ability to understand the consequences.
I would like to see the person who thought it was funny to coax children into drinking boiling water win a Darwin award though.
What a tragedy.
But an 8 year old on U-tube without supervision certainly does not illustrate great parenting skills
I can certainly agree with that! But then, my son touched the inside of the oven door when he was about 2, despite my repeated warnings that, "Don't touch that! It's hot and you'll burn yourself!" I guess we all do the best we can...
Poor little girl!
I guess we all do the best we can...
Dowser, what did the person who posted the video on YouTube do?
NOT their best. I was referring to the parents....
they came across several videos showing people taking part in the so-called Hot Water Challenge.
I would like to know how it worked out for the other morons who tried it. Water boils at only one temperature, so it's not like hers was just hatter than the rest of them.
You make the key point when you say
I would like to know how it worked out for the other morons who tried it.
Sweet Hal, if you're up at a high enough altitude, water boils at much lower temperatures. I've taken a bath in boiling water before-- above 8,000 feet. Gros Ventre Mountain range, Wyoming. The water temperature was about 140o, which was barely comfortable. And, yes, it freaked me out by boiling. But the water was so hard, I could barely get wet, so I was freaked out about a lot of things there...
You would have to be much higher to get water to boil at 140. I live at 8100 currently and my water boils at about 197. You would have to be at about 36500 feet to get water to boiled at 140. At 10000 feet water boils at 193 f.
As atmospheric pressure decreases, water boils at lower temperatures. At
sea level, water boils at 212 °F. With each 500-feet increase in elevation, the boiling point of water is lowered by just under 1 °F. At 7,500 feet, for example, water boils at about 198 °F. Because water boils at a lower temperature at higher elevations, foods that are prepared by boiling or simmering will cook at a lower temperature, and it will take longer to cook.
Dean, this was 1974. We didn't have GPS, back then, so I'm not sure how high it was. Our cabin was on the top of the mountain. The water was hot, almost uncomfortably so, but it felt good after a day of horseback riding! Not sure of the exact altitude, nor can I find it exactly on a topo map.
Also, I didn't take the temperature of the water. Maybe the water had minerals that boiled out while I sat in it. I sure couldn't get wet. Note: we drank that water, straight from Goose Creek.
For all intents and purposes, drinking boiling water at any location of planet earth will have the same effect on your throat. Although, I will admit that my grandma used to drink her coffee scalding hot. I don't know why anyone would enjoy it that way.
I'm with you!
Maybe she had scar tissue from all those years of drinking scalding hot water, and couldn't feel it unless it was scalding hot!