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by tlrobinson 3202 days ago
> The second he answered, he was screaming that his brother and cousin were laying in the backyard, unresponsive, possibly electrocuted.

> I told him they needed to try to get to them

> I went to the bathroom, refilled my tea, walked around a bit, thinking to myself, "What are you doing?? You're not qualified to do this!"

I'm not trained to handle this sort of thing either, but I'm pretty sure if you suspect someone has been electrocuted you shouldn't encourage others to attempt to rescue them unless you're confident they aren't also at risk of electrocution.

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I was mortified reading this part. As well, telling people rescue is soon when you don't know (or know it isn't) can be disastrous.