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| Monday, January 22, 2007 |
| KDND Recording |
*Click here for KDND Recording*
A recording of the now infamous "Hold your wee for a Wii" contest on Sacramento's KDND radio station was released on youtube.(As you can see the video has been up since the 17th but has not seemed to gain much recognition yet.)For those of you who are not familiar with the incident,28 year old Jennifer Lea Strange Died shortly after consuming over 7 quarts of water and holding her urine in attempt to win a nintendo Wii console for her children.During the newly released excerpts,Radio station Djs and employees seem to be very nonchalant about the dangers of this contest and continue to laugh about them.
Here are some quotes from the recordings that you might find interesting:
Woman Dj:"Can't You get water poisoning and like die?"
Response from male Dj:"Your Body is 98 percent water,why cant you take in as much water as you want?"
It's a shame that something was not done about this earlier,before these Idiots were given permission to do this.
98 percent water?!!!?!On average our bodies weight consists of about 60 percent water...It is great to see what kind of minds were behind this stunt.
Soon after that the female dj replies with:"Maybe we should of researched this more"
Here is what I turned up after a simple google search for "Water Poisoning":
The fact that water can cause fatal overdoses is not well known. Often called "water intoxication" or "hyponatremia" (low salt)1, water poisoning results when too much water is ingested in too short a time without replenishing electrolytes, particularly sodium and potassium.
The human body (as with other animals) maintains an equilibrium of electrolytes in the bloodstream as part of its normal operation. Sweating causes the body to lose salt, but the primary cause of hyponatremia is drinking enormous amounts of water, which dilutes the salt in the body to a dangerous level. As the electrolyte levels get dangerously out of balance, body systems begin to fail and the sufferer exhibits signs of crisis such as diarrhea, over-salivation, stupor, vomiting, muscle tremors, confusion, frequent urination and other general symptoms of illness, and their brain begins to swell. This swelling is called a 'brain edema' or 'cerebral edema' and can lead to brain damage, paralysis, and sometimes death.-Errowid:
http://www.erowid.org/culture/health/health_water_poisoning.shtml
I do think that Jennifer herself should of researched this thoroughly before taking place in a contest of this nature...
But,the fact of the matter is,KDND should not of ever let such a stunt continue if they knew the apparent risks involved.
But as you have already saw,no such research was performed.Not even a simple google search.
It is a shame what happened here to Strange.It is even worse that her 3 children will have to go on without a mother.
I think KDND should be held Fully responsible for Strange's death because there seemed to be NO medical personnel on site,and after countless times of her repeating her symptoms she was laughed at,and ignored.Not because the Djs didn't care,but because they did not know.
-Ron |
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