Community | October 19, 2010 | 3 comments

Grieving Parents Horrified After Firefighters' Graphic Video Of Crash Which Killed Their Daughter Is Posted On Internet

source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1321889/Dayna-Kempson-Schacht-deadly-wreck-video-sen...

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Heartbroken parents Jeff and Lucretia Kempson are speaking out after Georgia firefighters allegedly filmed their daughter's deadly wreck with a cell phone instead of pulling her lifeless body from her car. Dayna Kempson-Schacht, 23, died on July 17 when her SUV crossed the central barrier, flipped multiple times and crashed into trees. Dayna, a mother-of-two, died instantly according to the coroner. Months after her death Dayna's parents were emailed the graphic video of the death scene by an ex-brother-in-law, after the footage was posted online.

On the video, one person says, 'Oh my God,' and two voices can be heard describing body parts in a matter-of-fact way. The Spalding County Sheriff's office says a firefighter took the video on his personal cell phone and shared it with other firefighters. An unknown firefighter later took the video to a bar and texted it to other patrons. From there, the video spread.


The county is now looking into whether any rules were violated, but Dayna's devastated parents believe there should be a law to prevent such footage. Dad Jeff said he doesn't believe responders should be allowed to carry cell phones as their radios are enough. 'Any responder on any scene at any time who's allowed to have his cell phone could take these videos,' he told the Today Show on Tuesday.

But any law would be too late for the Kempsons, as the pictures of Dayna's lifeless body are forever etched in their minds. The horrible images are matched only by the tone in the firefighter's voices, mom Lucretia said, as 'there was no urgency to see if she was okay.'
The firefighter who filmed the video hasn't commented.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1321889/Dayna-Kempson-Schacht-deadly-wre...
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3 comments // Grieving Parents Horrified After Firefighters' Graphic Video Of Crash Which Killed Their Daughter Is Posted On Internet

  • Nabe8
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      Nabe8  

    • I guess I'm heartless, but I'm not shocked that this was put on the internet. I have to imagine that I'd be terribly upset if one of my family members' death footage were posted on the internet, especially if I were exposed to it.

      I do not see any wrongdoing in posting footage on the internet. This is almost an uncomfortable position for me to hold, but I can't help holding it. Does the firefighter have the right to display a public image of something that happened in public? Is it because it was too graphic? What about posting video footage of 9/11, for example? Is that wrong?

    • 1 year ago
  • keepthinkingboo
  • FtheBULLSHT
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      FtheBULLSHT  

    • That's terribly tragic and the FF should have had more class. Videos of MVA and fires are good for educational purposes (what was done wrong what was done right) but the way this is portrayed a video seems unnecessary.

      'Dad Jeff said he doesn't believe responders should be allowed to carry cell phones as their radios are enough.'

      I've been on scenes were radios weren't enough and cell phones had to be used.

    • 1 year ago
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