Teen Sets Self On Fire To Imitate YouTube Clip

**Jason** · 08-14-2009, 10:44 AM

DELTONA, Fla. -- A Deltona teenager was hospitalized on Wednesday after suffering multiple burns while imitating a video posted on YouTube.

Russell Gortzig, 13, said his friend siphoned gasoline from a riding lawnmower and poured it on Gortzig. The teen said he held the lighter away from him, but a combination of the spark and fumes caught his shorts on fire.

"Skin missing all the way down to his ankle on the front and the back," mother Linda McCrea said.

McCrea said the boys were trying to copy a stunt they saw on the video sharing Web site, YouTube, where a man in a banana suit lights himself on fire. She warned other parents to closely monitor the online activities of their children and wants YouTube to tighten its user guidelines. She believes YouTube is partially to blame for her son' pain.

http://www.wesh.com/news/20366679/detail.html

~~T J Belfiore~~ · 08-14-2009, 11:56 AM

Link?

**WereBo** · 08-14-2009, 08:56 PM

On the positive side, we need people like him to keep the 'Darwin Awards' going

**Jason** · 08-15-2009, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WereBo

On the positive side, we need people like him to keep the 'Darwin Awards' going

Sadly though, it usually leads to stuff like lawsuits.

**WereBo** · 08-15-2009, 05:48 AM

All things being equal, that's the down-side to it

**Done_Fishin** · 08-15-2009, 06:55 AM

at 13 you'd have thought he would have enough intelligence NOT to put his hand close to the lighted fire ..

08-14-2009, 10:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,483 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	Teen Sets Self On Fire To Imitate YouTube Clip DELTONA, Fla. -- A Deltona teenager was hospitalized on Wednesday after suffering multiple burns while imitating a video posted on YouTube. Russell Gortzig, 13, said his friend siphoned gasoline from a riding lawnmower and poured it on Gortzig. The teen said he held the lighter away from him, but a combination of the spark and fumes caught his shorts on fire. "Skin missing all the way down to his ankle on the front and the back," mother Linda McCrea said. McCrea said the boys were trying to copy a stunt they saw on the video sharing Web site, YouTube, where a man in a banana suit lights himself on fire. She warned other parents to closely monitor the online activities of their children and wants YouTube to tighten its user guidelines. She believes YouTube is partially to blame for her son' pain. http://www.wesh.com/news/20366679/detail.html __________________ Posting Tips \| Advice for New People \| Common Fixes \| Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh

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~~T J Belfiore~~ Troubled Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 530 Posts: 3,520 OS: 7 x64, XP x32 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Teen Sets Self On Fire To Imitate YouTube Clip Link?

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WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,530 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: Teen Sets Self On Fire To Imitate YouTube Clip On the positive side, we need people like him to keep the 'Darwin Awards' going __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

08-15-2009, 05:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,530 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: Teen Sets Self On Fire To Imitate YouTube Clip All things being equal, that's the down-side to it __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

08-15-2009, 06:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
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