Father remembers son who fell from 6th Street Bridge; refutes LAPD report of social media stunt
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- Опубликовано: 24 май 2023
- Family members are remembering a 17-year-old boy who died after falling off the 6th Street Bridge in downtown Los Angeles.
The LAPD said he died in a social media stunt gone wrong, but his family says that's not true.
Details: ktla.com/news/local-news/fath...
Kareen Wynter reports for the KTLA 5 News on May 25, 2023.
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the fact that there is even video means he was doing something stupid for social media
Kids record everything as well as document their whole lives on social media now. Doesn’t mean they were doing a “stunt for social media”… it means they were out doing whatever they do, while recording it, and the kid slipped and fell.
Would sort of be no different if they were jaywalking and got hit by a car. Doesn’t make it a “stunt for social media”. They were filming themselves going somewhere, jaywalked and there was an accident.
This dad appears to be a clueless parent in denial.
alcohol at 17. these kids bad
He looks dumb
Media stunt or not they trespassed and unfortunately someone paid the ultimate price doing something stupid
Whether you want to blame social media, peer pressure, bad parenting, etc, these kids were up to no good and this is what happens. Parents, straighten up your kids before life does! No one to blame but himself.
Parents can't control everything their kids do. People who make these statements act as if they we never a teenager.
I wouldn't say they were up to no good but definitely mischievous stuff, anyway he fell behind, tried to catch up and fell to his death
@@mizzury54 Never have I try to jump off a bridge or tell my kids to do the same.
WTH was he doing at that time in the bridge 😡
17 is an age where a lot of children take risks, even if they aren’t necessarily thrill-seekers by nature. a bit of compassion goes a long way.
Hard to believe it wasn’t for social media. That’s the way this generation conducts themselves through social media.
Social media is ruining kids today whether people wanna believe it or not.
@DatingMatis156 Social Media is toxic to some individuals. There are people willing to do these challenges. Kids love to chase clout and also we love to compare to one another. Blah blah a trend happends and deaths happen. There have been so many. Tiktok is the most toxic form of "influence" and second comes instagram. It can be toxic and drugs also play a role as well. Both are huge dopamine agonists
@DatingMatis156 I agree. I think his son was mentally challenged.
@DatingMatis156 I agree. Drugs too!!!
"It's the designer's fault"
It's never the fault of the kid. People who think it's the fault of others are the reason this country is so messed up. It's the fault of the kid and nobody else.
what does it mean when theres alot of alcohol around ? he was 17 and already drinking..?
Yeah teenagers drink
Thank the parents they just want to be cool
Plus it happened around 2:30 am. I read that on another news video.
He's just being a kid! Didn't you hear the good father?
This here is why hotel windows are permanently closed and don’t open.
He knew the risk and still took his chance , Darwin's award was given to him that day
@DatingMatis156 never do ! 💩 From the sole of my shoe
@DatingMatis156 lol keep crying
Don’t climb where you’re not supposed to. I think I learned that when I was 3.
@DatingMatis156 I leaned on a wall. I learned how to spell “learn”. All kinds of great things.
@@katwashere194 😂😂😂
When you go that hair cut its hard to learn anything.
Dad probably wasn’t even around and if he was failed as a father
Eactly! He wasn't even emotional over the loss of his son!
That’s stupid to say everyone reacts different to a loss and doesn’t make him a failure as a father kids do dumb things if you listen to his voice towards the end of the interview you can tell in his voice he’s trying to hold it together
The dad was a homie before, you could tell.
The father stated it best. The teens jumped over a fence and walked along the arch ways.
🤣
Still INCREDIBLY stupid.
To get a better view of where his death bed will be. The dad's a clone too.
Bridge is for vehicles not pedestrians! Darwinism does it again
Like father, like son.
The way the dad speaks I'm not surprised about the kid doing this. I grew up in east LA and it's filled with drop outs
Party boy got his. Parent isnt the sharpest knife in the drawer....
This parent is clearly in denial and I feel bad for him. He's almost humorous about it, but everyone grieves differently, Prayers to him and his family. I hope his son didn't suffer.
@DatingMatis156 What does it sound like?
I'm starting to realize a lot of ppl in the comment section are beyond dumb. The bridge was built for cars and it has a sidewalk for walking that is fenced. What are you ppl who are clearly on the spectrum trying to say was the cause of his death ?!
Parent FAILED to teach his child common sense
@DatingMatis156 It definitely does.
Where you there? No? Then how would you know exactly what happened? People are so quick to comment on situations that they know nothing about, it makes you sound extremely ignorant.
You don’t fall “several feet” to your death. You fall off a bridge to your death
@@DatingMatis156 nice try 😂
are those beer bottles we see at his memorial site???? Isnt he a teenager!!?
Teenagers drink in other countries with no problems. The age of consent in Germany and Italy is 14. You can go to the military and vote at 18 here in the US. My point is...21 being our drinking age seems pretty arbitrary.
@@user-mg8fn1bq9d On federal level its at 21. But it varies in other states although the numbers are few in between so it is probably just all level.
Sorry, this young man lost his life, but he was also somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be
Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Fences are there for a reason
Hey Paul, why was your 17 year old son out after 2AM?
Hey Karen... I mean Darryl, do you have no sympathy for the family? He didn't hurt anyone. It was a tragic accident.
@leanamarron4407 He still be alive if his parents parented. I'd did, both of my boys are alive and well. They weren't out at 2 AM at age 17!
@@darrylnelson05 good for you. This is no longer the dinosaur ages.
This boy had no intentions of hurting anyone, just trying to live a life that (A LOT) of kids do these days. Unfortunately, this accident cost him his precious life. He has a family. Be considerate.
@@leanamarron4407 My boys are alive because I parented. News flash I didn't parent in the dinosaur ages.
@@darrylnelson05 clearly your parents didn't do a good job parenting you. No remorse, no sympathy. Judging the parents who just lost their child.
Who hangs out near a bridge ? ..could have been preventable
LLA🕊️
Do kids NOT have a brain ? Why do they think this stuff is fun ? For social media ? REALLY ????
GTA5 FOR GEN Z!!. no fear, no sence of REALITY!!!
There is literally a pathway. Why would anyone need to jump a fence or climb a arch that’s not intended for people to walk on. That’s where he went wrong.
"iT wAs An AcCiDeNt." NOPE! It was negligence.
👆🏽👆🏽 these two… 🙃
Since when is an accident never connected to negligence? People make mistakes all the time which leads to accidents. The definition of mistake in the definition of neglect.
The kid made a mistake which led to his death.
@DatingMatis156 it was an accident caused by negligence
@Hi It's Me exactly a futile argument.
@DatingMatis156 He slipped in a place where doing so has a very high probability of death. That's why there was a fence there. Why do you think the fence there to begin with?For decoration? Also, how often do you hear about teenagers dying from slipping, say, on a legally designated sidewalk? Very very VERY rarely.
Survival of the fittest … 🌎 im 28 due to having common sense and strict caring parents 😊
Just like Ken Kaniff...
Going on 40, my parents giving a crap about me is one of the main reasons I'm still alive. Plus I'm returning the favor, giving a crap about them in their old age. They're in their 70's and still going strong.
@@DatingMatis156 i live in Chicago. I refuse to put myself in danger like that idiot kid .. like i said survival of the fittest . Common sense aint so common
Show the video. We wanna see
Throw a watermelon over a balcony.
BE CAREFUL YOU are exciting LUCIFER....and if he gets interested in you.... the grim reaper has you next on the list.....
@@lunam7249 you are exciting the grim RAPER and he has you next on his list
just a kid being a kid. I've explored my fair share of dangerous spots when I was a teen, but I warn others to really weigh the consequences before doing anything you feel any sense of fear for. Heights are no joke. RIP to this dude
No he was being stupid. He was grown adult and should have known better
@@Yasmine91646 caption in the video says “teen”
He’s old enough to know what he was getting him self into
@@Pablo-tj5cc He was 17 you dolt
@@Yasmine91646 you proved my point
When I saw the headline I like to think about was the scene in "Saturday night fever" when the stunt goes wrong and the young man falls from The Verrazano Bridge in New York city.
I don't care if you're filming it to post on social media or your caving into peer pressure.
*Young adults have to learn that everything they do has consequences.*
ELM! Edgar's Lives Matter 🙏
should've raised him better
Haircut says it all.
LMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂
RIP Edger
I've never heard of that bridge in Los Angeles. Is it relatively new? In any case- what a tragedy. The father seems pretty calm, wow.
Yes, it pretty new since it opened recently.
Less than a year old, I think?
It has been a problem from the day it opened.
Lots of dimwits posting video on social....burnouts, takeovers, and climbing on the arches, etc.
One guy was getting a haircut in the center divide while cars drove by.
LAPD had to shut it down for a few days fairly early on, because things were so out of control.
@@jacobperez8921 Ah, thanks for answering. I'm in Baja California but visit San Diego all the time. And I meant no disrespect in regards to the father. It's just that I would probably die right along my son or daughter if that happened in my family.. And yes- we all grieve differently.
6th street bridge, not new they just tore down the old one and built a new one
It's new and a hot spot for deviance and lawlessness that has caused local law enforcement to close access on the weekends. The bridge took a long time to construct and is a wonderful feat of engineering. Too bad a certain element ends of spoiling good things.
What does it matter whether it was or wasn’t for social media. The kid is dead either way. The dad doesn’t mind his kid was doing something super dangerous that ended up taking his life??? Really???
Gen Z’s addiction to attention is a sickness.
amen...i blame the GTA5 GO PRO MENTALITY
Sounds like a 17 year old with the mind of a 3 year old. Dad is in heavy denial. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🙄🙄🙄🙄
a bitter outcome....😢😢😢 RIP, for all the beautiful things this life had waiting for him
It wasn’t for social media but they were recording it?!?!
@@DatingMatis156 have you been around any young adults/teenagers?? Everything is recorded for social media. Don’t be stupid
It was suicide once you consciously pull the trigger on jumping the fence you're not supposed to.
Darn, one less Edgar.....
One less Edgar
Father needs to remember his son rather than having anger on others. The father knows that there’s nobody to blame.
watch them file a lawsuit saying there wasn't a visible sign saying not to climb over the fence
They need to cover the arches with broken glass to prevent other's climbing them
Pretty much what I got from this was that the kid was living a double life. Normal kid by day tagger by night. They were probably trying to catch a tag where no one can buff it and they got the consequences. Dad is in denial because he wants to think his son wasn’t the kid he was.
Was he supposed to be climbing the fence in the first place, regardless of the reason? The family confirmed the kids actions. An action that could have been prevented.
17 years old and ppl left beer packaging/bottles as a part of the kid's memorial? That says a lot about what the boy was into. The father needs to come back to reality about his son's behavior.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!
Control your kids, you won't have to bury them!
I gone to that bridge
If your just walking on the sidewalk you’ll never fall..
Except... he doesnt...
It was 💯 for a social media, parents needs to watch your kids what’s they are doing!
Edgar
Anthony you left too soon bro 😕🕊️ I miss you bro wish you were here man ⚰️💔
sorry for your loss❤❤❤😢😢😢 tell your friends to stop doing it!!!
I was a teen ones and I wasn’t doing dumb stuff like that, parenting now isn’t what it used to be, now you got iPads and tablets doing the parenting for them
"That kid was just having fun", says all the degenerate parents that don't care what their kids are doing.
The bridge is fine, it is the culture here in L.A. that is in dire trouble. But I will also say, as once a kid myself, I too did some pretty stupid things too, and a few things that could have easily been short-lived. Looking back, I am amazed I am still here.
Regardless, his own choices took him to where he isn’t anymore.
"THE LOCATION" is not the problem, people are!
Rarely used social media 😅
Social media or not, his actions resulted in death.
@DatingMatis156 i think so lol😭😭😭.
You gotta love the empty beer bottles for a H.S kid.🙄
sad. he looked like he was a nice young man. just trying to have a lil fun. prayers for the family
LAPD says he died trying to record for social media, his family says that is not true and it was just a tragic accident.....either way the kid is 100% at fault but the family will find some reason to sue the city saying more should have been done to prevent this....
Rest in peace Edgar
sorry bro!!😢😢😢❤❤ tell your friends no more bridge...please😢
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Bridges are for cars .. not people ! 😢
No matter why he was doing it, it was an extremely dangerous thing to do. 🙏🏾 to his family and friends. Hopefully this will discourage other kids from playing around on that bridge.
We were all young and dumb at one point. Rest in peace young man
But didn’t do stupid 💩 to die
@@dog5696 a lot of people get lucky
I wasn't stupid.
@@importedmusic because you still are
I was young but never this stupid
Just want to clarify that it was not for social media. He really was this stupid and deserves his Darwin award 😢
Too soon? Nah.
Sue the bridge 😅
I know parents cannot control everything and that is life. Try harder parents.
So no common sense, that’s his parents fault.
How awful. My condolences to the family & his friends.
🕊🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕊
R.I.P Edagar 🥺🥺
Not all Edgars make it
Regardless of what it was for, play stupid games and you will earn stupid prizes. It’s funny how the father is like: “oh it was just a kid being a kid” yeah but one that lacked any self awareness about his actions and here we are now.
You talk too much
@@MrMadbrowncow and you think too little
@@carlospointofview when you see people like mrmad speak like this, perhaps its one way of disagreeing or they do not want to think about that.
RIP lil Bro. Prayers to the Family. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter if this was done for social media or just because. Those fences are there to keep you safe. The moment you go beyond that point, you do so at your own risk. I have a son as well, but he understands there are always consequences for our behaviors. As benign as you may think the behavior is. Tragically, a lot of our youth are paying those consequences with their lives.
The fact that we have to have things border up with fences. Like a big toddler play ground lol
Whatever the case..R.I.P. my deepest condolences to the family and friends.
REST IN PARADISE LIL EDGAR 🙏 🕊️ WE ALL MADE MISTAKES...
This fool was a future criminal, get a clue
Yeah but fatal ones aren't worth it
Yeah but not dumb ones
That haircut may have done it
@@Ap_twsh I think your right it looks like moe from the three 3⃣ stooges
It's absolutely insane the idiotic behavior and stunts being done on this beautiful bridge. Quit bringing down your neighborhood. Sad this young man lost his life. ✝️🙏
The father said "it wasn't for social media", I beg to differ. That's all these kids do is post on social media. Why they were up climbing up on the arches is really a dumb thing, but unfortunately he lost his life doing it.
I love the sneak dis "despite all this, his father still thought it was ok to let his son go to the bridge"
Edgar died
You failed your son. I can’t believe you’re smiling and speaking so light heartedly
Damn Edgar
thats the risk slipping - not everyone can do it right..
A stunt that won a Darwin award 😅
That bridge design is a bust, it will continue to kill many more if something isn’t done to address this problem
Oh edgar
That's what he gets for risking his life for no reason
Darwin Award 🥇
You’re not supposed to climb up the arches!
Then that kid was out at 2AM……
YOLO with the comeback. They did it for the LIKES! no question about it.
Whoever designed that bridge forgot about safety and the era of social media and popularity
The designer of the bridge shouldn't be blamed for other people's stupidity.
No, who ever designed it realized, there's those that are smart and those that got rocks in their heads.
perhaps going through that, do you or anyone else think that the Sixth Street Bridge should never have been rebuilt from the 1930's original design, or they should never have existed at all?
Edgar Activities 😂
The whole situation f'n sucks.... and I truly hate to say this;
But, this wouldn't have happened if he didn't climb the fence....
RIP but why tho
R.I.P 😢🕊🦅🇦🇷🏞🤟🏾♾💙
The dad seems nonchalant
Dad is a lame Cholo
What's wrong with the dad? No real emotion towards the passing of his son SMFH! For him to say his son was rarely on social media is a lie! All kids now a days live on social media !
Social media in regards to posting content vs. watching, yes everyone is on social media but many are not posting
Condolances to this family and friends. So sorry this had to happen, so young to die.😢 Maybe the bridge could be less inrtusive to the extroverted.
Rip Edgar
Not surprised he was an Edgar
Rest easy gee🕊
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