American brothers, 13 and 16, killed in New Zealand volcano eruption

It's always tragic when white American men die.

This is sad but it has to be asked:

What was playing on their TikTok?

[quote]It's always tragic when white American men die.

Only if/when they're attractive, which is the case here. Tragic!

But it's never tragic when black American men die. Right, R1?

Best thing for them really. Their therapy was going nowhere.

“What was playing on their TikTok?”

Forever Young

If only Colorado had active volcanos—no police, no press, no mess.

It sounds like the parents perished as well. They're listed as Missing.

Told you I was hardcore.

How sad.

I actually think it's for the better that the parents died too. The grief over losing both sons would be too much I think.

Very sad.

Why weren't they in school like all other teens? It might have saved their lives.

R13, some schools are on winter break?

How is a 13 year old a man R1?

Once they get pubes and produce sperm, they are men.

Nobody kills Americans and gets away with it. Fucking nuke that volcano into oblivion.

Like, R.I.P. Bro.

Were either of them organ donors?

The evil New Zealanders who brought them to the volcano, assuring them they were safe, should fry.

It was a hydrothermal eruption - you only get a few seconds warning of those. It's a wrong place/wrong time scenario. Tour guides died as well.

Flaming queens.

I heard today that the government will pay out to the victims, regardless of country of origin, etc...

However, they have no fault laws that would prevent an outrageous lawsuit.

It's ACC, our accident compensation system. If you live or are travelling in New Zealand and have an accident, all your medical costs from any kind of specialist are covered for the duration of your treatment. I'm not sure if that takes into account the fact that foreign visitors will have ongoing treatment in their country of origin though, but you can get a payout.

Here's some more information about the system.

, some schools are on winter break?

Sweetie, it's Summer in Australia

the one on the lefts pings

r26 these were American teenagers

R13 per the article they were originally from Chicago but moved to Sydney. The boys attended prep school in Sydney, about 30k per year each. They were rich.

Australia is on their summer break now but besides that they break their breaks up a lot more. They don't have 1 giant American summer and a few weeks here and there at winter. They do it like a year round school schedule which I personally fucking hated but some people love.

Imagine high fiving your brother yeah we're going on vacations, flying over and having a volcano explode and dying in it. This world can't be really real. It's too absurd. If you pitched a movie with this premise it would not be greenlit. Crazy

What about the trans women of color that perished in the volcano?

I have r1 blocked but from the responses it’s clear why.

For some people, race guilt is a 24/7/365 thing.

R31 I think r1 was being facetious.

Yikes... there is something deeply wrong with you if you think that r1 is serious.

New Zealand is a beautiful place. but it is full of smug mediocre people that definitely don't practice the most stringent safety regulations. I wouldn't trust their health care either as they are a tiny isolated population. All injured parties should sue the fuck out of NZ for letting this happen. Some of these people were kids for fuck sakes. Been there several times and their national pride certainly out weighs common sense.

It's Mother Nature, and like someone mentioned, you only get a few seconds of warning for this type of volcanic eruption. You take a chance visiting places like these and 99.9% of people do so, without incident. Not everything has to devolve into lawsuits...

Why did they move to Australia?

Well...at least a dingo didn't eat their baybay.

[quote]these were American teenagers

Ah, they were cut then.

R34 maybe they can sue the volcano. I hear the volcano owns a billion dollar corporation. It seems to me, and I may be wrong, but I am almost certain the volcano is at fault. There was some hearsay that the volcano handed out a disclaimer signed in writing so if that's true, there's no way the lawyers will make it rain.

Tragic heartbreak -- two cute young guys perished!!! RiP

The sky was so ashy that day.

[quote]Imagine high fiving your brother yeah we're going on vacations, flying over and having a volcano explode and dying in it. This world can't be really real. It's too absurd. If you pitched a movie with this premise it would not be greenlit. Crazy

Why do you think it would make a good movie? Sounds sort of depressing to me.

iPods?

They didn't die immediately, they died in the hospital. I hope they weren't suffering. How horrible.

I heard they loved this song.

I find death easier to accept if the victims are ugly.

Meh, they were spoilt little rich boys, they had a better 16 years than most people's whole lives. Who cares.

You type poor.

The parents are some of the missing. Wonder if they were blown off the island in the blast or just incinerated.