Child dies in fire after aunt and mother leave kids alone in the house

[LisaNJ25]

Wow.. I would like to put this aunt in a house by herself and set it on fire..

 

[tazdev3225]

I'm not taking the time to quote. I am outraged that someone could be so callous about the life of 2 innocent children. To make it worse these children were her nephews. I don't care how the video may have been edited. She showed total disregard for life and cared only about her purse. I have a 2 y/o and 3 y/o DGS's. I would never in my life leave them in my car for a minute let alone an unsupervised house. Yes I feel outrage and sorrow that 2 innocent lives have been affected by her actions. It is a horrible state of affairs when total strangers are more affected by a tragedy than the family.

 

[KAMKIM]

Wow.. I would like to put this aunt in a house by herself and set it on fire..

I'll even let her keep her food stamp card with her.

 

[Mermaid02]

Wow.. I would like to put this aunt in a house by herself and set it on fire..

Maybe the Aunt DID set the house on fire......... I agree with whoever said she was mentally ill. She must be... the neighbors were more upset than she was...... PLUS why did both of them have to take the "dude" home (think that is what she called him) Disgusting........ totally disgusting.

I'd love to see her lose her welfare benefits...... go get a job you nasty thing......... just make sure it's not in a daycare..........

 

[LisaNJ25]

I'll even let her keep her food stamp card with her.

 

[ShesAPirate]

Here is the raw video - no editing - showing that the aunt's "No" was indeed an answer to 'Do you regret leaving the kids alone?'... (around the 2:13 mark)

http://www.wreg.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=2a2b9f82-16a4-4508-866e-93a52b418445&cat=empty&src=front

I suppose it doesn't matter, though, since the one who questioned the validity of the first video (or just wants to "stir the pot", as I've read) hasn't bothered to post anything further.

 

[AprilShowers]

Here is the raw video - no editing - showing that the aunt's "No" was indeed an answer to 'Do you regret leaving the kids alone?'... (around the 2:13 mark)

http://www.wreg.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=2a2b9f82-16a4-4508-866e-93a52b418445&cat=empty&src=front

I suppose it doesn't matter, though, since the one who questioned the validity of the first video (or just wants to "stir the pot", as I've read) hasn't bothered to post anything further.

Something just seems "off" to me about this woman. I'm not making excuses for her or anything, but doesn't she just seem "not quite all there"?
She's answering questions about this fire as if it were a fender bender!
My opinion is she's either strung out (and her and mom were going to get drugs when children left home) OR she's mentally deficient.

NO reasonably sane person could stand there and answer those questions in such a nonchalant manner.

 

[Carly_Roach]

Here is the raw video - no editing - showing that the aunt's "No" was indeed an answer to 'Do you regret leaving the kids alone?'... (around the 2:13 mark)

http://www.wreg.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=2a2b9f82-16a4-4508-866e-93a52b418445&cat=empty&src=front

I suppose it doesn't matter, though, since the one who questioned the validity of the first video (or just wants to "stir the pot", as I've read) hasn't bothered to post anything further.

First of all, I don't camp out on the DISboards all morning. Sorry if that's bothering you, but I do have other things I must get done.

Secondly, I've done a quick run through where the question was asked, "Do you regret leaving the kids alone (garbled)" and the Aunt's answer was, "No, I don't know how the house got started on fire." I want to listen a little more closely to this answer because in the 30 seconds after she said, "No, I don't know how the house got started on fire..." I heard nothing about her welfare card or anything like that. She seems to be talking about how the house caught fire.

If it'll make you feel better, I can come back after I've listened more closely to the raw footage. I'm not sure how you being right or me being wrong is going to do anything for those children who were hurt and killed in this fire. I still can't help them. Neither can you. And none of us can put the mother or the aunt in prison; that's up to the People of the State of Georgia.

If you need me to say that I feel badly about the children that were hurt/killed in the fire, then I'll say that. Of course I feel badly whenever I hear of children being hurt. That's a given and is perfectly normal, regardless of whether you believe I feel badly or not. (And if opinion here dictates a reality of me being a cold-hearted person, can you next dictate my reality of winning the lottery tonight? Pretty please?)

But I won't be played by the media whose only purpose in life is to get ratings and make money. Sorry. Not gonna happen. I've seen the media be wrong way too many times to accept the kind of spin I saw on the first video.

 

[ZachnElli]

They don't need to put "spin" on this story. A 2 year old and a 3 year old were left home alone and a fire was started, one died and the other is in the hospital. That is bad enough all by itself. The only ones responsible are the mother and the aunt who lived with them and left them home alone. If the boys started the fire, they would have had to have left them with the tools to set it like a burning candle. I doubt a 2 or 3 year old could have lit a match or lighter, but even if they did, why were they left completely alone with it? It is illegal in most states to leave children that young home alone. Maybe next time they can leave them alone at Walmart screaming and then you can get upset by it.

 

[ShesAPirate]

If it'll make you feel better, I can come back after I've listened more closely to the raw footage. I'm not sure how you being right or me being wrong is going to do anything for those children who were hurt and killed in this fire. I still can't help them. Neither can you. And none of us can put the mother or the aunt in prison; that's up to the People of the State of Georgia.

If you need me to say that I feel badly about the children that were hurt/killed in the fire, then I'll say that. Of course I feel badly whenever I hear of children being hurt. That's a given and is perfectly normal, regardless of whether you believe I feel badly or not. (And if opinion here dictates a reality of me being a cold-hearted person, can you next dictate my reality of winning the lottery tonight? Pretty please?)

But I won't be played by the media whose only purpose in life is to get ratings and make money. Sorry. Not gonna happen. I've seen the media be wrong way too many times to accept the kind of spin I saw on the first video.

It has nothing to do with who's right or wrong. You questioned the editing of the tape. I saw the raw footage and posted it. That's all.

Maybe I'm mistaken -- but "As for me, I'll save my emotion for when there's something to be emotional about." sure sounds like you didn't feel bad. Then on top of that, you essentially put the rest of us down, and told us we're looking for things to be outraged about.

While I agree that the media can get things wrong, I cannot control my gut reaction to a story like this.

 

[wdwmom0f3]

I sure hope they both go to jail for child endangerment - or manslaughter.

That is exactly what I was thinking. That woman is a POS. How could anyone be so heartless?

 

[Carly_Roach]

They don't need to put "spin" on this story. A 2 year old and a 3 year old were left home alone and a fire was started, one died and the other is in the hospital. That is bad enough all by itself. The only ones responsible are the mother and the aunt who lived with them and left them home alone.

All vitriol and personal attacks on me aside, the one who should be held responsible was the mother. Period.

The "spin" I saw on the story was the yellow journalist who said the Aunt cared more about her welfare card than the children. A spin that was repeated over and over again in the course of this thread.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

All vitriol and personal attacks on me

How dramatic!

Oh, and...period!

 

[freckles and boo]

Something just seems "off" to me about this woman. I'm not making excuses for her or anything, but doesn't she just seem "not quite all there"?
She's answering questions about this fire as if it were a fender bender!
My opinion is she's either strung out (and her and mom were going to get drugs when children left home) OR she's mentally deficient.

NO reasonably sane person could stand there and answer those questions in such a nonchalant manner.

I agree. She probably is altered by drugs. My father was a firefighter (retired after 33 years in the fire service) and unfortunately he also found children and bodies. The one that sticks out in my memory was a dead seven month old baby, left in his crib by strung out parents who jumped out their bedroom window without their child. They were too wasted to think about anything but themselves. My dad was absolutely devastated. A point he made to me over and over was that many home fires are a result of lifestyle choices.

 

[MIGrandma]

My point exactly. You (collective you) don't care - you want something to be outraged about. People have no idea what question was asked or what the conversation was about; they just take it at face value so they have a reason to be outraged.

One would think after the whole "boy in the balloon" fiasco where people invested emotion worrying about a boy who was never in danger in the first place, people would realize that what they see on TV (or on YouTube of all places) isn't necessarily what's really going on. But I guess we're a nation of suckers.

As for me, I'll save my emotion for when there's something to be emotional about. Even if this is true and the aunt doesn't care, I have to ask myself: does this really have any impact on my life whatsoever? I can't help those boys, I can't say or do anything to the aunt. There's literally nothing I can do except act outraged and add to my own stress level.

Sorry. Not going to do that.

Are you freaking serious?!

I don't care how they edited the interview, or what questions were asked. The woman said she was worried about her purse and food stamp card!! And she laughed!!

She said the words. They can't edit that!!

And maybe this doesn't have any impact on your life, but most human beings have care and consideration for other human beings and their hearts go out to children like this. Maybe there is nothing I can really do about what happened, but I can offer up a prayer for the children, and hope that the aunt and mother face many years of jail time for leaving those poor babies home alone.

You really don't have a care at all about those kids? Seriously? Wow.

 

[Carly_Roach]

You really don't have a care at all about those kids? Seriously? Wow.

Of course I feel badly whenever I hear of children being hurt. That's a given and is perfectly normal, regardless of whether you believe I feel badly or not. (And if opinion here dictates a reality of me being a cold-hearted person, can you next dictate my reality of winning the lottery tonight? Pretty please?)

My problem is with the over-hyped baying for blood based on a 5 second sound byte.

 

[downsouth]

My problem is with the over-hyped baying for blood based on a 5 second sound byte.

Folks do any of you really pay attention to said poster anymore. Here for one reason and thats to and the mods allow it for some reason.

PS- Put my points on my tab.

 

[Mermaid02]

No SANE person could watch that tape and not be outraged. How the reporter held back from slapping her is amazing to me.

 

[TeresaBelle]

I'd like to set her on fire! The Aunt...not C_Roach

 

[DVC Sadie]

I still cant believe it. There are people in our world like this?

Yes, and too many of them.