Date: 11/21/2008 11:11:49 AM
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19-Year-Old Commits Suicide Live on Justin.tv While Commenters Egg Him On

By Adam Frucci, 10:00 AM on Fri Nov 21 2008, 9,647 views

Here's a story nobody likes to see. 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs overdosed on pills on a live webcam stream before hundreds of people on Wednesday night, all while commenters on Justin.tv and bodybuilding.com encouraged him, apparently thinking it was some kind of joke. He lay passed out on his webcam for hours until he appeared to stop breathing, at which point the people watching realized it was no joke.

Sadly, this isn't the first time something like this has happened. Followers of internet lore are surely familiar with Brandon "I told u I was hardcore" Vedas, who overdosed on drugs live on a webcam after having given his personal information out to the viewers in case something went wrong. All were too afraid to get in trouble to call the authorities.

There's definitely something about being on the internet that makes you feel cut off from and not responsible for the people you're dealing with (see: YouTube commenters), but when you're watching a real, live human on video doing something obviously damaging to themselves, it's completely inexcusable to do nothing. And to egg them on, well, that's something those people will have to deal with on their own. A sad story all around.

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lithoniadude4
To : nljacksonstcroix

Date: 11/21/2008 11:15:23 AM
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in Reply To : 19-Year-Old Commits Suicide Live on Justin.tv While Commenters Egg Him On By Adam Frucci , 10:00 AM on Fri Nov 21 2008, 9,647 views Here's a story nobody likes to see. 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs overdosed on pills on a live webcam stream before...

he was weak and pathetic...

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jackiewh1
To : nljacksonstcroix

Date: 11/21/2008 11:22:22 AM
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in Reply To : 19-Year-Old Commits Suicide Live on Justin.tv While Commenters Egg Him On By Adam Frucci , 10:00 AM on Fri Nov 21 2008, 9,647 views Here's a story nobody likes to see. 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs overdosed on pills on a live webcam stream before...

NOW THAT'S JUST CRAZY

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ticketytwo
To : nljacksonstcroix

Date: 11/21/2008 11:29:57 AM
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in Reply To : 19-Year-Old Commits Suicide Live on Justin.tv While Commenters Egg Him On By Adam Frucci , 10:00 AM on Fri Nov 21 2008, 9,647 views Here's a story nobody likes to see. 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs overdosed on pills on a live webcam stream before...

Even stranger is I think this was already a Law and Order episode. Who can tell real from unreal anymore. I bet some of those people egging him on thought it was fake.

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lebraatt
To : nljacksonstcroix

Date: 11/21/2008 11:31:37 AM
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in Reply To : 19-Year-Old Commits Suicide Live on Justin.tv While Commenters Egg Him On By Adam Frucci , 10:00 AM on Fri Nov 21 2008, 9,647 views Here's a story nobody likes to see. 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs overdosed on pills on a live webcam stream before...

OH MY .... I'm .... typeless .....

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fitpudd
To : nljacksonstcroix

Date: 11/21/2008 12:13:50 PM
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in Reply To : 19-Year-Old Commits Suicide Live on Justin.tv While Commenters Egg Him On By Adam Frucci , 10:00 AM on Fri Nov 21 2008, 9,647 views Here's a story nobody likes to see. 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs overdosed on pills on a live webcam stream before...

I heard about this on the news. This boy was one disturbed individual. I couldn't imagine being on that website and realizing, hey he hasn't moved in a while, amybe he did it. Can you say Anorexic Bob......freaky.....

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lebraatt
To : fitpudd

Date: 11/21/2008 12:22:22 PM
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in Reply To : I heard about this on the news. This boy was one disturbed individual. I couldn't imagine being on that website and realizing, hey he hasn't moved in a while, amybe he did it. Can you say Anorexic Bob......freaky.....

On Monday, my daughtere came home talking about one of her friends was telling everyone that she "wouldn't be around on Wednesday" and my daughter was upset because she thought the girl was going to run away and I was thinking maybe she plans on harming herself (she's turned very dark this year); so I called the girls mother to tell her what I had heard. I felt like if this girl had done anything on Wednesday and I had heard about it and done nothing, I would feel like complete shyt. Turns out that this girl has been looking for attention and "acting out" and if I'm hones, I feel a little foolish for being a bit alarmist. This is why it's difficult for me to understand that nowadays people would watch this, egg it on, not call someone, etc. And I do understand that a lot of folks might have thought it was "fake", but NO ONE thought differently? Sign of the Times I suppose. Sad!

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fitpudd
To : lebraatt

Date: 11/21/2008 12:35:55 PM
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in Reply To : On Monday, my daughtere came home talking about one of her friends was telling everyone that she "wouldn't be around on Wednesday" and my daughter was upset because she thought the girl was going to run away and I was thinking maybe she plans on...

You did the absolute right thing. With this culture of violence and uncaring people are lulled into this sense that these kinds of things are normal. Folks aren't alarmed when these types of things happen. It's scary because there's no way of knowing what makes people tick. God knows, with the economy how it is, than add family life's pressures, job pressures, we're going to see more and more of it. We have to take it serious. Those people encouraging it were mean, even in jest there are some things you shouldn't do. You never know when you are really dealing with someone truly disturbed.

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lebraatt
To : fitpudd

Date: 11/21/2008 12:38:03 PM
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in Reply To : You did the absolute right thing. With this culture of violence and uncaring people are lulled into this sense that these kinds of things are normal. Folks aren't alarmed when these types of things happen. It's scary because there's no way of...

That is basically what I explained to my daughter. I told her that no matter what, you should take something like that serious, because you never know. For years people have been saying that we as a society are becoming more and more desensitized, and I guess when things like this happen, it proves that point.

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holla1600
To : lebraatt

Date: 11/21/2008 12:38:49 PM
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in Reply To : On Monday, my daughtere came home talking about one of her friends was telling everyone that she "wouldn't be around on Wednesday" and my daughter was upset because she thought the girl was going to run away and I was thinking maybe she plans on...

don't feel foolish about your actions. u did the right thing. better safe than sorry

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lebraatt
To : holla1600

Date: 11/21/2008 12:42:31 PM
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in Reply To : don't feel foolish about your actions. u did the right thing. better safe than sorry

Hey Holla --- I'd do the same thing again! I really have a soft spot for kids and especially nowadays because there is so much being thrown their way. I get amazed at some of the things that my 12 year old (8th grade) comes home telling me about. And not being funny, parents for the most part, seem to be so tuned out. I don't think they mean to be, I just think that there isn't a whole lot of "talking" going on. This particular kid, "talks" with me all the time, so I felt obligated, but even if it was a kid that my daughter knew casually, I probably still would have called the school or something to alert them to it.

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To : nljacksonstcroix

Date: 11/21/2008 12:47:44 PM
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in Reply To : 19-Year-Old Commits Suicide Live on Justin.tv While Commenters Egg Him On By Adam Frucci , 10:00 AM on Fri Nov 21 2008, 9,647 views Here's a story nobody likes to see. 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs overdosed on pills on a live webcam stream before...

*blank stare and speechless

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nljacksonstcroix
To : fitpudd

Date: 11/21/2008 01:39:33 PM
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in Reply To : I heard about this on the news. This boy was one disturbed individual. I couldn't imagine being on that website and realizing, hey he hasn't moved in a while, amybe he did it. Can you say Anorexic Bob......freaky.....

wow...I just learned he's a black kid.

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crashdown19
To : nljacksonstcroix

Date: 11/21/2008 01:47:45 PM
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in Reply To : wow...I just learned he's a black kid.

WHAT!? I just assumed he was white! OMG, I'm stunned! I guess I'm old school because I'm still shocked when I hear about Black folks doing stuff that were considered the domain of crazy white people.

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nljacksonstcroix
To : crashdown19

Date: 11/21/2008 01:51:36 PM
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in Reply To : WHAT!? I just assumed he was white! OMG, I'm stunned! I guess I'm old school because I'm still shocked when I hear about Black folks doing stuff that were considered the domain of crazy white people.

Yeah, I was a little shocked too...

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fitpudd
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Date: 11/21/2008 02:07:39 PM
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in Reply To : wow...I just learned he's a black kid.

Whoooaaaaa......

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To : lebraatt

Date: 11/21/2008 02:10:59 PM
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in Reply To : On Monday, my daughtere came home talking about one of her friends was telling everyone that she "wouldn't be around on Wednesday" and my daughter was upset because she thought the girl was going to run away and I was thinking maybe she plans on...

You did the right thing! Hell, I called the police on the guys that were cleaning out a foreclosure down the street from me because they looked suspicious and I couldn't get in touch with the realtor who has the home listed. I didn't feel bad for a second when it turned out they were legit because ya never know. I had a talk with the girl who lived next door to me years ago when she was 15 because she was having a boy over when her mother wasn't home and I knew her mom wouldn't approve. My husband was saying "mind your own business" and I told him that if that girl ended up in trouble I would never forgive myself. The boy stopped coming over and she is now married with 3 kids and a wonderful young lady!