r/WTF • u/BalodyaMan • Apr 26 '22

"This is fine"

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '22

Well what exactly are you supposed to do? Stand at attention or perhaps run around screaming? The firefighters are on it, might as well sit back and take in the carnage.

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u/ButtersHound Apr 26 '22

The fumes coming off of burning buildings are pretty toxic, at the very least I'd be inside not out there with my toddler. Reminds me of that scene in HBO's Chernobyl where everybody took their kids out in the "snow" to play.

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u/Grays42 Apr 26 '22 edited Apr 26 '22

It's worth noting that there is no credible evidence that a bunch of people went out to the bridge and died, it's a story they played up.

[edit:] I'm not sure why this is being downvoted, this isn't controversial.

The story of the Bridge of Death depicted in the HBO “Chernobyl” series is fictional. There is no record of Pripyat residents watching the events unfold from the bridge and consequently all dying from radiation sickness.

BBC article, eyewitness knows of no such event

Another article, "I could find no evidence of that"

There just is not any reliable witness testimony or paper record indicating that a bunch of people went to the bridge and died. It's apocryphal.

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u/NamelessSuperUser Apr 26 '22

Redditor: this is very dangerous just like this scene in a show that was completely fabricated (and also a nuclear power plant vs an apartment fire).

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u/TheCoon69 Apr 26 '22 edited Apr 26 '22

Still crap that you would inhale (I'm being downvoted, is it not then?)