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"It's human nature to be curious, yes, and that understandably occurs when people are stuck in traffic next to an accident or when a fight breaks out in high school. Actively seeking out footage of someone's death is a completely different matter."

[Edited on February 12, 2010 at 4:53 PM. Reason : QFT]

2/12/2010 4:53:13 PM

So...

Anyone else got a link that works?

2/12/2010 4:55:33 PM

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"Actively seeking out footage of someone's death is a completely different matter."

Thats no different then being a rubber necker on the freeway. I'm sure all of you watched the 9/11 videos repeatedly. This is more curiosity than anything because its not every day you see a Luger accident. Same rule applies to watching automotive racing. The 'crash' brings in more viewers and if there is an epic crash people will go out of their way to view it.

2/12/2010 4:55:43 PM

RIP

2/12/2010 4:55:43 PM

I can almost understand people looking for footage of Saddam's hanging, because there are people who were directly affected by Saddam's actions who might gain some closure by seeing his end.

No one who is searching for this video gains anything by seeing the death of a kid they never knew.

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"Thats no different then being a rubber necker on the freeway."

Unless you drive around all day looking for accidents, it's not the same thing.

2/12/2010 4:56:01 PM

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"I can almost understand people looking for footage of Saddam's hanging, because there are people who were directly affected by Saddam's actions who might gain some closure by seeing his end. No one who is searching for this video gains anything by seeing the death of a kid they never knew."

I'm sure none of us on TWW cared about closure when it came to Saddam but I'm sure most of us watched the video.

In terms of the accident sometimes you don't fully appreciate the dangers of a sport or morning the loss of an athlete you know nothing about until you see their final moments.

2/12/2010 5:00:29 PM

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"I can almost understand people looking for footage of Saddam's hanging, because there are people who were directly affected by Saddam's actions who might gain some closure by seeing his end."

Yeah, and the vast majority of the people searching for the video were NOT affected by his actions.



I AM BETTER THAN YOU ALL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE VIDEO

2/12/2010 5:01:18 PM

i'm not saying i'm better than you.

2/12/2010 5:02:05 PM

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"I AM BETTER THAN YOU ALL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE SAW THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE BEFORE THEY TOOK IT DOWN"

fixed it for you.

2/12/2010 5:02:40 PM

I sure as hell didn't watch the Saddam video.

And if you need to see someone die to appreciate the fact that sliding completely unprotected on ice at 90 MPH is lethally dangerous, I don't know what to say to you.

2/12/2010 5:03:00 PM

seriously.

2/12/2010 5:04:01 PM

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"And if you need to see someone die to appreciate the fact that sliding completely unprotected on ice at 90 MPH is lethally dangerous, I don't know what to say to you."

What can I say, i don't watch the sport to be able to appreciate its dangers/athletic abilities.

[Edited on February 12, 2010 at 5:04 PM. Reason : te]

2/12/2010 5:04:33 PM

Less judgment, more links.

2/12/2010 5:06:18 PM

Just watched it

http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/nodar-kumaritashvili-luge-crash

2/12/2010 5:11:39 PM

2/12/2010 5:12:51 PM

Holy shit!!!!

2/12/2010 5:14:02 PM

I guess I thought people knew at least something about luge.

2/12/2010 5:17:09 PM

i am kind of wondering why there were big metal poles there in the first place, since obviously it was possible for a luge to fly off like that

but maybe i'm just being a mmqb

2/12/2010 5:21:22 PM

Since it's the runout portion of the course and it doubles back, I assume it's a support for the viewing structure for the middle part of the course.

Also (and not that it matters, really), the start that's marked on that map is the bob start. The luge start would be one of the wider portions marked after the first or second turn.

2/12/2010 5:23:29 PM

watched the video from the latest link... can't really see much in that. blurry and it happens too fast.

2/12/2010 5:26:03 PM

Poles are there to hold up a roof that keeps the sun off the track.

2/12/2010 5:43:43 PM

so any word as to what action they will take regarding the track.

considering that it didnt look like he did anythig wrong i cant see how anyone could ride that track knowing that no matter how much padding you put on the poles you'd still be screwed.

2/12/2010 5:46:34 PM

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"No one who is searching for this video gains anything by seeing the death of a kid they never knew"

Sure they do. It serves to remind us all of how fragile life really is. I mean, you can tell me someone died in a violent way, but that doesn't have an impact on me.

2/12/2010 5:56:29 PM

man, the more I watch the video the more I cannot understand HOW IN THE HELL THE TRACK DESIGNERS THOUGHT IT WAS REASONABLE TO LEAVE THOSE POLES EXPOSED LIKE THAT?

in-fucking-credibly stupid.

2/12/2010 6:17:29 PM

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"considering that it didnt look like he did anythig wrong i cant see how anyone could ride that track knowing that no matter how much padding you put on the poles you'd still be screwed."

I don't know enough about luging to know how bad he screwed up. Only a real luger would be able to tell you. That said, it is dangerous. I mean any sport in which you go almost 90 mph fully exposed is deadly.

I wish his family the best.

2/12/2010 6:20:02 PM

Opening ceremonies coverage starts in ~1 hour

2/12/2010 6:22:17 PM

i cant wait to get home and watch this 10 or so times

2/12/2010 6:31:47 PM

2/12/2010 7:00:29 PM

need the next few pics

2/12/2010 7:02:04 PM

Did they really need to have opened that wall up right there? With exposed steel beams?

2/12/2010 7:20:48 PM

They've been racing at Whistler for more than two years and the incidence of crashes hasn't been any higher than any other new track. That's not to say that the wall couldn't be extended there, but it hasn't been an issue.

2/12/2010 7:29:32 PM

opening ceremony dedicated to Nodar tonight

2/12/2010 7:32:33 PM

holy shit @ nbc coverage i cant believe how many people are wrecking on this course

2/12/2010 7:34:57 PM

A common sense question is how much can they be padded?

You could put six inches of padding on those things and they'd still kill you at 90 MPH.

2/12/2010 7:40:15 PM

cant see anything in the vid enough to be outraged about


but id say the poles did their job and contained the crash

2/12/2010 8:13:11 PM

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"but id say the poles did their job and contained the crash"

you are such an asshole

2/12/2010 8:17:48 PM

^^rofl

2/12/2010 8:31:31 PM

^^^ I lolled too
























then i was like, man thats wrong and stopped

2/12/2010 8:32:17 PM

what you dont think there could have been more fatalities had the body been allowed to catapult through the concourse at that speed?

think with your head

[Edited on February 12, 2010 at 8:33 PM. Reason : f]

2/12/2010 8:32:58 PM

This might be a really dumb question, but is there a reason they can't make it a full pipe.... maybe with glass?

2/12/2010 8:33:37 PM

I have already suggested this ...
good try tho

2/12/2010 8:34:08 PM

video with sound....from the other thread



http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/12/olympic.luge.crash/index.html?hpt=C1

2/12/2010 8:36:03 PM

Slamming into the ceiling isn't a good solution, either.

They'll probably extend the retaining walls by a foot or so coming out of the turn, and perhaps another ten or fifteen feet down the track.

2/12/2010 8:37:39 PM

there is no way he would have died if the track was a full roof enclosure

2/12/2010 8:39:07 PM

^, ^^, yea he would have done a barrel roll... or 20, but he wouldn't have fucking smashed into a steel pole neck first

2/12/2010 8:41:32 PM

2/12/2010 8:49:47 PM

that is by far the worst chop i have ever seen

2/12/2010 8:50:22 PM

he was in the wrong sport

2/12/2010 8:51:14 PM

2/12/2010 9:19:54 PM

set 'em up

2/12/2010 9:20:43 PM