Florida Teenager Commits Suicide Live On Webcam

[JamesG]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456430,00.html

19 year old Abraham Biggs overdosed on prescription medicine on a live webcam feed on a website. Viewers were amused, disgusted, edged him on, tried to talk him out of it.... all the while he lay dying on his father's bed.

The video feed continued to role for hours until police came into the house and viewers saw them trying to revive the body. The actual footage of the suicide has been constantly uploaded and deleted from YouTube because there is a morbid fascination and high demand for the footage when things like this happen.

A pop culture college professor commented ""If it's not recorded or documented then it doesn't even seem worthwhile," she said. "For today's generation it might seem, `What's the point of doing it if everyone isn't going to see it?"'

My god.. this is crazy.:confused:

[dawsongirl]

OMG...how could anyone watch that? And egging him on??? Those people have a special place in this population: people who ought to just be shot.

[sara]

That is sick.

[Big C]

No comment.

[browneyes106]

This story has gotten a lot of coverage maybe people will take others serious on webcam sites, forums and other online sites after hearing this story.

[MrCleveland]

Suicide posts on the internet is the seven deadly internet video sins.

Others include threats, nudity, and sex.

[Doodyville10019]

I can't understand why anyone would want to egg on a suicide victim? That's really hard for me to fathom...they are the ones who are sick.

By the way, browneyes.....love your avatar! I think it's really cool!

[Lee]

Disgusting and disturbing. Why would someone want to throw their life
away? And why would certain people just sit back behind their computers
encouraging such a person?

[InspectorExstead]

this story is unbelievably disturbing & sick. instead of encouraging him, these people should've taken it more seriously & called the proper authorities, not wait around until it was too late.