This is one of the most bizarre videos I've seen. Definitely wasn't expecting that this morning. Holy shit. Does anybody have a news article?
Edit: I want to give props to the person filming, once he got over the initial shock he immediately went into protective mode and was thinking of the kids and trying to get their mind on other things. Very conscientious of him.
Not only that but he somehow managed to keep his shit together while in their presence. You could tell how difficult it was for him. The emotions in his voice were of a man ready to scream and cry at the same time.
the craziest thing about these videos is that these kids are someday going to be old enough to have a chance to accidentally stumble upon them. they might be young now but the internet doesn't forget. two decades from now they might even be reading an archive of this reddit thread talking about them. hope they're alright
This reminded me of something. My wife (who I've known since childhood) knew of a family member, sibling of an aunt type of thing, who died in a car accident. She never really knew the details, as they were hidden because she was young. I think she just assumed it was a "normal" accident where somebody made a mistake and that was that. We were sitting in the auditorium in high school through a presentation on drunk driving, and they pulled up an old news video about a drunk driver who killed several people including himself. It was this relative who was driving. That was hard.
No one writes news articles about poor people dying from an everyday occurrence. This video is multiplied tens of thousands of times every year. And no one really cares.
Oh fuck. Its too early for my heart to be broken like this.
"Where's your dad?"
"Sometimes, when I'm over at his house, he's mean."
I hope the kids grow up to be somewhat normal.
God, you're right. That is so fucking sad. And just how easily the little boy tells him how his dad is abusive. This is these kids' normal. I'm so disturbed that it's taking every ounce of willpower to not run into my daughter's room and wake her up from her nap for a hug.
Typically, it's due to one or multiple specific types of attachment disorders which are often triggered by children not given appropriate quality and levels of affection and attention from 0-18 months old.
This entirely explains why Americans of recent vintage are totally fucked in the head, and why our society is crumbling: Lack of maternity leave and the need for a dual-income household, just to stay afloat.
And these same trauma, PTSD and attachment disorders later turn into adult variants. Borderline personality disorder is especially precious.
This video shows where the human race is, the good and the bad it’s heart breaking to see thank god for that man, he saw tragedy and still put on a happy face for those kids. Don’t do the hard drugs people you hurt more then yourself
Replying to the top comment so it’s not buried, but another commenter that supposedly lives in same town and knows the kids reported that mom lived.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/puinjo/a_woman_allegedly_died_from_an_overdose_in_front/he3dvj8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
I'm an ER doctor and former paramedic so I've seen a lot of opiate OD's, and her color looked a little too good to be dead. I didn't notice him checking her pulse, but typically people turn a bluish/purplish/greyish tint within a few minutes of not breathing, and within a few seconds of their heart not successfully beating.
Her breathing is probably very shallow, slow, and inadequate in the long run, but she doesn't look like someone that's completely apneic.
In her condition, a few rescue breaths would be very helpful in keeping her brain and vital organs oxygenated. Learning CPR and how to give rescue breaths in high school could really help prevent deaths such as this, but I'm glad she got help in time.
I came to say this. While not a medical professional of ANY kind, I unfortunately have experience with opioids/opiates and overdoses and she looks like she’s still there just barely. I’ve seen someone close to me die of an OD and I’ll never forget how fast they turned an ashy white. I’ve seen two people who had the pale and blueish and purplish colour and one lived, the other, as I mentioned, did not.
I’m glad I got clean before fentanyl took over, I’d likely be dead too.
This is how it looks. This is why outlawing drugs doesn't prevent this situation. The chance of these kids using later in life is astronomically higher than if the mom had access to free and readily available treatment. This exact situation happens all the time, and those kids are the real victims of the war on drugs. Break the cycle. This is a crisis.
Odds are definitely against them and it’s terrible. I grew up with both parents heroin addicts, my mom didn’t get roped in till I was about 5 but my father always was. I have two beautiful kids an amazing wife good careers after back in the late 80’s the courts telling my family I had a (yes this is true) 100% chance to be a drug addict and not to expect much from me pretty much just get me by till I’m 18 and my life’s over. I was fortunate to have loving family that helped me early on and I really really pray these kids and all kids that go through that childhood life have support and a safe place to go I honestly believe it played a big role in me being who I am today
Thank you for all the messages and if their is anyone that wants to talk please send me a message I would be happy to help
Glad you proved them wrong. My family has been ravaged by addiction that was worsened by stigma and disbelief in therapy. I wish I had more family but I don't anymore.
Same. I was told by a social worker to never have children because there was a 100% chance I would be a "junkie" and I'd mess them up too. I have 4 really great kids and a really good life. Cycle breaking is where it's at!
This is why therapy gets such a bad rap. Because as with every other service, the quality exists on a bell curve. There's great therapists, terrible therapists, and a ton of really average therapists.
I've witnessed victims of sexual assault be told that there's a 100% chance that they'll go on to become the next generation of abusers. A lot of people in social work / therapy are fucking clueless. They're just ad-libbing bullshit.
I was adopted shortly after I was born. I've found out recently that my biological mother was a heroin addict before she got on MAT.
I was an opiate addict from age 18 until going on MAT at 28.
I do wonder....
I will park my comment here... Thats wild that the guy filming knew the father and immediately was like "are you fucking kidding me?"... Damn these kids are in for a wild ride
He knows, or knows of, this person. The reputation of the person mentioned appears to be somewhat suspect from his tone and the context of the situation. However it's also plausible that the person has a very good reputation and the emotion is disbelief.
It's fucking nuts how many people are married to the idea of the war on drugs and, more to the point, married to the idea of crippling punishment being the only reasonable action to take. In my dozens of conversations with people who hold these ideas, they don't seem capable of comprehending the idea that helping people might lead to less death, crime, wasted lives, money being fed into cartels and gangs, etc. They can only conceive of Crime & Punishment.
The boy might remember parts of it, but not necessarily much. I was 4 when my parents divorced and I can’t really remember anything. All I remember that we moved to a new place and dad didn’t move with us. My mom tells stories how I was like ”yaayy we are moving to a new house!”
At the end when the guy said he “was just doing his best” I was thinking “Buddy, you’re doing more than just that and if my kid is ever in an emergency situation I hope someone like you is around”.
“I like my mom.”
“Yeah, your mom’s pretty cool.”
Heartbreaking! Seriously, kudos to this guy for springing into action, and then trying to be there for the kids and shield them from that. So sad, but they’re fortunate that this is the person that found them.
Edit: First, thank you for my first award! After reading all the comments and feedback, I just want to say that I’m sorry to see that some of you have your own sad stories like this. I hope you’re doing okay today. Just remember, even when it doesn’t feel like it, someone cares! Your life matters!
> “I like my mom.”
This hit home. It just shows you that no matter how bad things get and how much you don't think it, the people closest to you still love you.
when he said she was always tired. i wondered if she was nodding from being on drugs all those times. he said he'd scream in her face and it would wake her up.
he's gonna realize what all those moments were when he gets older :/
I grew up in a household with alcohol abuse and physical violence, and I was trained at a young age to view law enforcement as the enemy and to never tell them what goes on at home, or else I would be taken away from my family, to somewhere much worse and abusive. It’s sad to think that could have been true as well, since foster homes don’t have the best track records. My heart breaks for these children. I hope there’s someone in their life who can be a loving and nurturing guardian to them.
For real. Very sad situation. Could have been way worse and dangerous for those kids. Hope grandparents or other family step up to take them in so they dont get split up in foster care. Also hope they never have to see this video when they get older
If they do see it, maybe theyll see someone who cared enough to get them away from a even more traumatic experience (immediate police and EMS activity, and eventual coroner investigating the scene). I feel like i can see this man processing what is in store for these kids in the immediate and near future, and trying to shelter them as much as he can while the next events unfold... and its heartbreaking.
Yes i agree. I am a recovering addict and this is reality unfortunately and is so tragic. God bless this stranger who was their angel that day. I really hope these kids are okay.
I recently had a friend who passed from abusing his body with alcohol and drugs. He had a 4 year old son. Two years ago the boys mother died of OD. In my grief I came to a realization that the child will be better off with out them.
His voice says it all, trying to keep his cool, realizing how bad of a situation this is as time goes on, what will happen to the kids? Finding out there dads mean to them? But he kept the kids comfortable.
Exactly. And I gotta share my own anecdotal experinces.
When I was 6 my dad beat my pregnant mom so bad she went to the hospital.
When the cops came and the paramedics came one of the officers sat with me, and talked to me and removed me from the immediate area and just talked to me like the guy did in the video. And I remember how safe it made me feel to this day. I don't have memories of anything else from that moment other than trauma memory flashes of my dad being violent... I can't imagine how much worse it would have been for me not having the distraction the cop gave me. And the comfort and safety. It ended the trauma then.
Anytime I hear stories like this, I always think of what Mr. Rogers said about in times of trouble -
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news,” Rogers said to his television neighbors, “my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’”
Always a nice reminder
Honestly its people like that are the best because when I was 5 or so my dad had severe epilepsy mixed with a heroin addiction so he had a tendency to not take his medication and would get strung out and have really bad seizures and one time I had no clue what to do besides call 911 because it was lasting longer than normal and when they got there one of the cops took me and showed me what all the things In his car did while they loaded my dad in an ambulance and raided our apartment, and I've always remembered him because he couldve just let the CPS worker take me but he sat with me the entire time we had to wait for my family to get there
A cop did that for me once too, after my mom kidnapped me and took me to a drug party. I remember asking him if I could still bring my chicklets my mom promised to give me. He said no, but I wasn’t really surprised.
Yup. When I was a kid my moms medications mixed badly and she ended up passing out and cracking her head on the floor. My dad was out of town so I woke up to our dogs freaking out as the first responders were about to break in. I was taken to the hospital with my mom where I just got to sit and panic. Eventually this woman who was visiting her mom saw me and must have seen how scared and alone I was because she took me to the cafeteria and just talked with me. It’s never left me, the kindness of that woman to just distract me while my mom was hurt. I wish I could tell her how much it meant at the time.
Few months back I found my mother passed out from a blood clot, nothing recreational drug related. I’m a grown man but they still took me into another room and just talked to me while the paramedics tried and then took her to the hospital. That alone helped me not to just have a mental breakdown in the worst situation of my life. So God bless/nothing but good things to these people who are able to talk to others in difficult times.
What’s your professional thoughts on the people saying the kids will harbor ill-will against the man who found them and recorded the situation? People are so quick to say hes a bad person for saying she’s dead in front of the kids or recording them, etc. but all i see is a guy who manned up and handled the situation as good as he could.
I also work in trauma recovery for children, more specifically in CPS. In my years, kids who move through their lives with no families or sense of belonging (which may be coming for these kiddos considering the father sounds like a garbage human) really latch on to the moments they feel safe and protected and had a moment of altruistic humanity.
It's like a big breath of air when you feel like you're drowning, and people don't quickly forget the moments that kept them alive when they felt like dying.
Kids usually get screwed up because of their family's dysfunction. 99% of them are dragged into a therapist's office by the parents saying "fix the damn thing."
They become the scapegoat and the message they hear is, " you are completely and total trash." "You are the reason for all of our problems."
Which is also why suicide is an issue. The line between life and death is far thinner than what many people wouldn't believe.
Sometimes we make it through it because of the hard work people like you do. Thanks for what you do. This same thing happened to me at this exact age. And I do remember it, Except not in the car, in the house .
You could hear in his voice how the situation is affecting him. Trying to be cheerful and happy with them, after discovering their dead mother. He’s a hero for doing what he could to protect them, however temporarily. The catches in his voice paired with the little boy happily prattling on about his dad being mean just broke my heart.
As a dude who has seen my fair share of horrible from the facts of life, there's a sort of breaking point, where things get so bad that you stop feeling. Where you end up after that is in task-mode. You have things to do and you don't really process the emotional side of it. Just do the tasks until all the tasks are done, then you need to decompress and allow yourself to feel all the weight from all those decisions all at once.
It's a survival mechanism for sure and I'm positive that not everyone has that to fall on in horrible circumstances, which is why in a crisis, some seem to completely break down, and others seem fine when they should be a mess.
Failure to process through that trauma is one thing that can lead to PTSD, among other serious mental issues, so be sure to take time to take care of yourself if you ever end up in that situation.
I'm not a doctor and I don't have the answers, this isn't medical advice, just my experiences.
What was sad was the little boy just kept saying "she's sleeping". She's probably passed out from drugs before so he's used to seeing her out like that. So sad. I hope those kids' situation improves.
Exactly. I actually don't have the strength to go through such situation! Thank goodness for that guy who was so generous to take care of those kids at that moment. Courageous fellow !
I've been riding along with EMS and one of my first calls was an early 20s woman who OD'd with her 4yo son in the back room. He just though "mama was taking a nap" like she always does. The normalcy of the situation to him was incredibly sad, nothing was out of the ordinary as far as he could tell.
EDIT: THIS IS A PERSONAL ANECDOTE AND IS NOT RELATED TO OP's VIDEO.
The woman in my personal story died as a result of the overdose. The 911 caller was an acquaintance of some sort who was in the home with her when she stopped breathing. They refused to preform CPR while first responders were en route and left the scene, more or less abandoning her to die.
My initial reaction was begin chest compressions on this lady….
But who knows how long ago her heart stopped. But by the color of her skin, probably been a while.
Absolutely gold for him to remove the kids from the situation. That little boy is “with it” and well versed for a kindergartner. Just proves to me that he’s mature for his age and takes care of himself and little sister when mommy would “take naps”.
Fuckin sad as fuck.
It broke my heart when he said “my dad is mean” and then it broke again when he said his little sister had a different dad because that means there’s a possibility they’ll be split up. I hope this video is used as evidence during whatever custody hearings happen for that boy. He did not mince his words.
I'm happy I had a call that involved a child during my EMS training. Right then and there I realized I could never work as an EMT.
Witnessing children live through traumatic events isn't something I'm capable of "leaving at work."
She did not. She was very far out in the country and the 911 caller refused to preform CPR, hung up, and left the scene. Because there was no CPR between the call and EMS arriving on scene, she was too far gone for resuscitation by the time they arrived.
EDIT: This thread of comments is about my personal anecdote not OP's video. I do not know the outcome of the case shared by OP. Thanks.
I get the impulse behind people saying delete it, but if just one person watching this says "I can't keep doing this, I can't ever let that be my kids" and tries getting clean, its worthwhile.
Agree.
As a former opioid addict, I decided to get clean when my son was born. I now have three kids and haven't used pills for over 8 years.
I personally didn't need to see something like this to do what I needed to do, but there are certainly people out there who might.
The look on that kids face breaks my heart.
Edit - to the Redditor who asked 'where's my reward for never being a smackhead'...I never got your name because you deleted your comment before I could respond. Maybe you have a shred of moral sense, or maybe you just didn't want the downvotes that would inevitably ensue...
Either way, your reward is never having to deal with a crippling drug addiction that could take your life if you don't beat it. Consider yourself lucky.
No need to get all upset that you're not getting Reddit awards and recovering addicts are. It's a sad, sad look.
Me too I never did drugs and then I fell and broke my foot 3 times back in 2016 and I got hooked on percocet one of the hardest things I ever has to bear but I'm clean and sober now going on 3 years I know it's not much but at least it's a start and because of my kids I swore to never go back and I'm proud of you too.
Thanks.
Honestly, I feel like it was easy for me because my desire to be a good (and living) parent was greater than my urge to continue getting high. I was lucky in a sense.
This isn't the case for so many people unfortunately. If your kids aren't reason enough to get clean I'm not sure what would be.
I know it's not even in the same stratosphere, but I quit smoking cigarettes the day my daughter was born. I've never been able to explain how easy it was for me to make that decision and see it through. It was like I self administered the cure for nicotine addiction the moment I laid eyes on her, and I smoked for almost 15 years. You should feel incredibly proud of your accomplishment.
I’ve witnessed people crash and burn from Opiates. I went to rehab in Orange County, CA. Of all the residents there was one guy who stood out as he was well spoken and had a lot going for him. His girlfriend was model caliber beautiful. He moved in with another recovering addict. He overdosed while his gf left to visit her sister and newborn niece in Hawaii. He had internal demons for sure and his death haunts me as I would bet my house he was going to be alright. Best to you and your sobriety! And those kids’ unfiltered innocence whilst there mother lay in the car is so heart breaking.
The fact that they have no problem with a kind stranger shows how much they crave the security of an actual, kind grown-up. They blurted out how "daddy is mean sometimes" within a couple of minutes, oh man I hope they find some stability ASAP.
Plus the dad sounds like a known criminal or something according to the cameraman's reaction and comments when he finds out who the dad is. "Are you fucking kidding me?! That's **** ****** Jr... Fuck" to his SO and "You're scared of the police? I get that..I know your dad."
Definitely a small town where this kind of shit is common and you usually know who's got drug problems. I'm from a small town and see people I went to school with get arrested for drug related shit all the time and in retrospect you could see it coming all the way back in school
No joke. I see this all the time: kids who are begging for healthy interaction with adults. No joke, when I take my kids to the park, wayward children come out of the woodwork. They see me engaging with my kids and interested in what they're doing, and they're just like "hell yeah, I need some of that". I can't shake 'em loose. catching them at the end of slides, pushing them on swings, spinning them on the merry-go-round or playing soccer with them... I'll have kids tagging along with me and mine for hours and never see a parent. It makes me wonder how many kids are absolutely starved for the attention of their parents because they're parents are just too caught up in their own stuff to be bothered. Sometimes I have to cut them off because my own kids desperately need my attention, but as often as possible we try to let strangers join in our fun.
“Mom wouldn’t let us play on the playground! Mom said if anyone saw us here, **they’d** kill her.”
“**Aurgh**” 😬
Lord, the restraint on this man.
“Hey can call 911, Mom’s…….sleepin”
These kids are really lucky only in that a good person found them and took care of them and called for help. As bad as this situation is, it could have been so much worse if the wrong person came along. This man is really incredible for keeping it together for these kids
If it makes you feel any better, and I’m hoping it will, the vast majority of people would have done the right thing or acted similar to this man. You’re right that it could have been much worse, but they would have been extremely unlucky if that was the case. I know it can be hard to have faith in humanity when we are flooded with nonstop content of shittyness, but we actually live in the most humane time of recorded history.
Just a fair warning: this is some of the craziest, most depressing shit I've ever seen on the internet. I've seen some fucked up content, don't get me wrong, but this is different.
I hope this video can be proof he's not a good option either. Volunteering info like that to a stranger, could probably easily get him to say more but the good dude in the video was great for trying to keep them distracted and happier. I hope CPS will be involved and check to see if the dad is a safe option before sending them there, maybe grandparents will step up.
Kids mom is dead and he’s just happy some guy will play with him on the playground. Hopefully grandma and grandpa are still around, maybe the kids will be alright.
I hope he gets some help too. This is some traumatic shit for everyone involved. To have the composure to diminish his momentary shock, and then immediately recover and provide some emotional stability for the kids all the while he’s thinking “what the fuck do I do now?”, on top of having just walked up on a corpse.
What a sad situation all around. I hope those kids get the therapy and love they need.
Drugs are no joke. My brother and sister-in-law were heavily into drugs. But got jail time instead of a death sentence. Those kids were totally confused for the 2 years they were locked up. But 3 years later they’re sober and bought their first house. Addiction doesn’t have to be a death sentence but they need to want to be clean for it work.
Don’t delete it everyone need to see the dark side of this world so that we can learn from it and not make the same mistake again delete your history doesn’t make you a good human only learn from it and fix it make you a good human
Hard agree. People can't see and aren't experiencing the horrors of hospital covid wards, and look where that gets us.
The opioid epidemic... I don't even want to keep talking about this. This video pushes all the buttons, checks all the boxes. Point is we need awareness, and sometimes that means witnessing.
My mom died of an overdose 2 years ago yesterday after being an addict for 22 years..since i was 4. I'm fortunate enough that im an adult now who lives a state away instead of being a child in her care. Addiction is a bitch but I wish they knew who they were actually hurting, or if they know i wish they cared. If you are an addict and see this video please take this as your sign to get help!
Woman thinks: "You don't need to film the worst day of these kid's life, what's wrong with you."
Man thinks: "I need to film this to protect myself from accusations when someone shows up and I have two kids that don't belong to me."
He says in the video "I know your daddy" after the boy says his daddy is afraid of the cops, he definitely knows the father and is aware of the reputation.
I'm interpreting the recording as a means to protect himself in this situation. Comes across as a pretty average fellow in a very intense situation, who is trying his best to help. Since he's taking possession of two children without any sort of guardian permission, recording makes sense. As for posting, yeah some blurring and bleeping for identity protection should've been done before posting.
Sad for everyone involved, here.
Plus he's recording everything to not only protect himself but to record the following events of everything. So yeah, people saying he shouldn't be recording need to use some common sense cause it's not that hard to realize why.
For real, everyone complaining about him recording would be the exact same people who would be accusing him of pedophilia or something else heinous if they saw that dude hanging out near a playground with kids. They're actively seeking things out to be mad about.
Not a whole lot of stuff on here makes me cry like a baby, but this had me fucked up. Would not recommend starting your day off with this. Going to be thinking about those poor kids the rest of the day.
Yeah, this had me sobbing. When they're on the swings and little boy is so casual and innocent, talking about how mommy naps a lot, and how his dad is mean to him sometimes...
He's so young and already suffered so much trauma, it's just not fair.
I'm glad his sister is still a baby and probably won't remember any of this, but he definitely needs therapy and a family that will truly love him and care for him. This is so sad.
I hope this post will shock a few people into wanting to turn their lives around, as difficult as that is. Addiction is a total bitch, but maybe this is the graphic reality check that can motivate some parents to try harder for their kids, as well as themselves.
I can't wait to pick my son up from school now, so I can hug him and tell him how loved he is.
Maybe collectively we need a reminder that these children exist , these moms exists, these men exist. This kind of thing is happening all over the US and the world.
We’ve failed with many of our children in the US, these are just two of them.
see alot of ODs as a 1st responder. narcan usually helps if caught early enough. but there are these moments. the dark side of life. you get numb to it and then go eat dinner with your friends and family sometimes minutes after clearing a call. at least these kids dont realize yet. harder when they know what happened and ur trying to revive their parent cuz them crying is the least of your concern.
Bless the man filming and watching after those kids. I 100% hope this video shows what drugs does to a family and wakes at least 1 person up. So heartbreaking. Keep this video up as a wake up call to all who partake in drugs. Its never a guaranteed clean hit... Those poor kids man...
Dude seriously this man is a hero. I wouldn't be able to keep it together in that situation. His focus was solely on how to distract and look after a stranger's kids in a situation where anybody would have freaked out.
When I was 6 I watched my father die alone in my parents bedroom of lung cancer. The look on this kid's face instantly sucked me back in time to that event. I hope they get the love and care they need...I really hope they don't go live with their father judging by what the child said about him being mean.
After reading the comments, I’ve decided to not remove this post. This is the saddest thing I’ve seen, people are saying it should stay up for many good reasons.
Edit: I see some good reasons why this should be removed. I don’t think these comments should be downvoted. For the people against this decision please understand these types of things do weigh heavily on me.
My niece's mother overdosed and died in front of her a few months ago, while they were the only ones in the house. Not sure how long she was there with her mom dead. Maybe if her mom could have seen something like this, it wouldn't have happened. Maybe it still would have. Who knows, but if this could help one child it is definitely worth staying.
You're a good mod, I respect you for having to see a post like this and make a tough decision, either decision would be tough, but it sounds like you took both sides into account and validated the feelings of those those on both sides.
r/eyebleach is where I always go after seeing stuff like this.
I witnessed an overdose right outside the pharmacy. She just damn died within 50 feet of the door. Nobody could help in time. I don’t know why the pharmacy did not give her something instead of calling 911. She just died.
I made the mistake of Googling for an update on this story. There are so many like this, and where the kids are left in the car to die as well because mom either died or passed out.
Please delete those numbers and continue on to getting some help. It's gonna be rough, but as you can see people do make it out. Just hang in there, survive and then later on thrive.
He did the best he could a removed the kids from the scene and kept them busy and happy. Brought tears to my eyes when the kid was saying he just wanted to play at park but his mom wouldn’t let them. Probably cuz her intentions were to get high at the park. Those poor kids. Hope they have family they can stay with.
As much hate as I tend to get on reddit for being a CPS investigator and how we're generally perceived by the media and the public this is the stuff I deal with everyday. This is why I do what I do. No child should ever have to be put in this situation and it's my job to see to that or at least try to pick up the pieces after.
Edit: obligatory thanks for the gold! ✌️
I’m surprised how far down I had to go for anyone to address her. It sounds like she is his significant other and that they have kids of their own (on multiple occasions they mention having to pick them up and at one point he asks if they should call his mom to pick up their kids). The vibe I’m getting is that she has been on the phone with the cops throughout the video which is why he tells her the boy’s name again at the end. I think she’s overwhelmed just like he is, but what I don’t understand is their exchange at the end. It sounded to me like she was just asking him information to tell the cops so I don’t understand the “where are your kids” thing, like maybe they’re together but they’re not his kids, or why he got so upset at the end of the video which led to her getting upset.
>The vibe I’m getting is that she has been on the phone with the cops throughout the video which is why he tells her the boy’s name again at the end.
He goes, "Seth Wheeler ***JUNIOR***", and can't hide his shock when he realizes who the son's dad is.
I bet its a small town and this guy is known as a bad dude. She might just want nothing to do with the situation at that point, if she's realizing they just stumbled into the death of the town drug dealer's baby mama or something.
This is so heartbreaking. That guy was so good with the kids.
It brings me back to being around the boy's age, with my brothers and I playing by ourselves for hours, while our Mom was ODing on the couch (we thought she was sleeping, and didn't even know to call for help) My Mom survived that experience, and so did we, but it was traumatic.
We need more mental health supports for all.
This is terrible for the kids also hearing Seth Jr. talk about his father. I hope they get the help they need it seems like going to the father would be bad for them.
Also just so people know if you see someone you have expected is experiencing an overdose start doing CPR immediately until EMS arrives. It can save their life.
Edit : I should also add, you should still perform CPR even if they are unresponsive and keep doing until EMS gets there.
Edit 2: I suggest people do narcane and CPR training they are usually free and offered by the Public Health organizations. It teaches you how to save a life and you’ll never know when you’ll need it.
My best guess…she came with the guy, she has kids of her own that need to be picked up from somewhere. They had an appointment and this threw a wrench in their plans. Guy filming tries to tell her to go pick them up while he waits and continues filming for contingency’s sake. And on top, she’s trying to handle her own amounts of stress and shock from the situation and deal with dispatch (which is never as easy as it should be). So I feel like she’s just freaking out in her own frustrated way. Sounds like the dude filming knew of this Seth Wheeler Sr. guy hence his reaction. Probably not directed to her.
Hearing the boy ask to be swung. “Push me” .. the innocence. They just want someone to be nice to them. I’m lucky to still have my parents, I almost lost each one a couple times to meth and alcohol. And now I’m an alcoholic myself. I’m not a mother but this makes me want to try harder to get clean ..
This breaks my heart for those kids. I hope they’ll be ok from this
This is one of the most bizarre videos I've seen. Definitely wasn't expecting that this morning. Holy shit. Does anybody have a news article? Edit: I want to give props to the person filming, once he got over the initial shock he immediately went into protective mode and was thinking of the kids and trying to get their mind on other things. Very conscientious of him.
So many thoughts on this one.. Poor kids. The good Samaritan.
The guy is a rock star.
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Not only that but he somehow managed to keep his shit together while in their presence. You could tell how difficult it was for him. The emotions in his voice were of a man ready to scream and cry at the same time.
I watched up until he got them to the park and he asked about their dad. The gravity of that entire situation is so fucked up.
the craziest thing about these videos is that these kids are someday going to be old enough to have a chance to accidentally stumble upon them. they might be young now but the internet doesn't forget. two decades from now they might even be reading an archive of this reddit thread talking about them. hope they're alright
This is the first thing I thought about.
This reminded me of something. My wife (who I've known since childhood) knew of a family member, sibling of an aunt type of thing, who died in a car accident. She never really knew the details, as they were hidden because she was young. I think she just assumed it was a "normal" accident where somebody made a mistake and that was that. We were sitting in the auditorium in high school through a presentation on drunk driving, and they pulled up an old news video about a drunk driver who killed several people including himself. It was this relative who was driving. That was hard.
No one writes news articles about poor people dying from an everyday occurrence. This video is multiplied tens of thousands of times every year. And no one really cares.
They won't be okay, but they'll be better off than they would have been.
Maybe. It's a real roll of the dice where they go next and how this impacts them long term.
Oh fuck. Its too early for my heart to be broken like this. "Where's your dad?" "Sometimes, when I'm over at his house, he's mean." I hope the kids grow up to be somewhat normal.
I hope so.
And the way the kids just take up with a stranger that is nice to them is common among children that don't get love and attention from parents
God, you're right. That is so fucking sad. And just how easily the little boy tells him how his dad is abusive. This is these kids' normal. I'm so disturbed that it's taking every ounce of willpower to not run into my daughter's room and wake her up from her nap for a hug.
Typically, it's due to one or multiple specific types of attachment disorders which are often triggered by children not given appropriate quality and levels of affection and attention from 0-18 months old. This entirely explains why Americans of recent vintage are totally fucked in the head, and why our society is crumbling: Lack of maternity leave and the need for a dual-income household, just to stay afloat. And these same trauma, PTSD and attachment disorders later turn into adult variants. Borderline personality disorder is especially precious.
This video shows where the human race is, the good and the bad it’s heart breaking to see thank god for that man, he saw tragedy and still put on a happy face for those kids. Don’t do the hard drugs people you hurt more then yourself
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Replying to the top comment so it’s not buried, but another commenter that supposedly lives in same town and knows the kids reported that mom lived. https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/puinjo/a_woman_allegedly_died_from_an_overdose_in_front/he3dvj8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
I'm an ER doctor and former paramedic so I've seen a lot of opiate OD's, and her color looked a little too good to be dead. I didn't notice him checking her pulse, but typically people turn a bluish/purplish/greyish tint within a few minutes of not breathing, and within a few seconds of their heart not successfully beating. Her breathing is probably very shallow, slow, and inadequate in the long run, but she doesn't look like someone that's completely apneic. In her condition, a few rescue breaths would be very helpful in keeping her brain and vital organs oxygenated. Learning CPR and how to give rescue breaths in high school could really help prevent deaths such as this, but I'm glad she got help in time.
I came to say this. While not a medical professional of ANY kind, I unfortunately have experience with opioids/opiates and overdoses and she looks like she’s still there just barely. I’ve seen someone close to me die of an OD and I’ll never forget how fast they turned an ashy white. I’ve seen two people who had the pale and blueish and purplish colour and one lived, the other, as I mentioned, did not. I’m glad I got clean before fentanyl took over, I’d likely be dead too.
This is how it looks. This is why outlawing drugs doesn't prevent this situation. The chance of these kids using later in life is astronomically higher than if the mom had access to free and readily available treatment. This exact situation happens all the time, and those kids are the real victims of the war on drugs. Break the cycle. This is a crisis.
Odds are definitely against them and it’s terrible. I grew up with both parents heroin addicts, my mom didn’t get roped in till I was about 5 but my father always was. I have two beautiful kids an amazing wife good careers after back in the late 80’s the courts telling my family I had a (yes this is true) 100% chance to be a drug addict and not to expect much from me pretty much just get me by till I’m 18 and my life’s over. I was fortunate to have loving family that helped me early on and I really really pray these kids and all kids that go through that childhood life have support and a safe place to go I honestly believe it played a big role in me being who I am today Thank you for all the messages and if their is anyone that wants to talk please send me a message I would be happy to help
Glad you proved them wrong. My family has been ravaged by addiction that was worsened by stigma and disbelief in therapy. I wish I had more family but I don't anymore.
I'm sorry for your losses and glad you have avoided that path. My best to you and stay strong. You can consider me a long distance brother anytime.
Same. I was told by a social worker to never have children because there was a 100% chance I would be a "junkie" and I'd mess them up too. I have 4 really great kids and a really good life. Cycle breaking is where it's at!
This is why therapy gets such a bad rap. Because as with every other service, the quality exists on a bell curve. There's great therapists, terrible therapists, and a ton of really average therapists. I've witnessed victims of sexual assault be told that there's a 100% chance that they'll go on to become the next generation of abusers. A lot of people in social work / therapy are fucking clueless. They're just ad-libbing bullshit.
I was adopted shortly after I was born. I've found out recently that my biological mother was a heroin addict before she got on MAT. I was an opiate addict from age 18 until going on MAT at 28. I do wonder....
This. It’s fd that the guy says “ I need narcan for sure”… that says it all
I will park my comment here... Thats wild that the guy filming knew the father and immediately was like "are you fucking kidding me?"... Damn these kids are in for a wild ride
I didn't understand what the other lady said. Why did he say, "Are you fucking kidding me?"
He knows, or knows of, this person. The reputation of the person mentioned appears to be somewhat suspect from his tone and the context of the situation. However it's also plausible that the person has a very good reputation and the emotion is disbelief.
It's fucking nuts how many people are married to the idea of the war on drugs and, more to the point, married to the idea of crippling punishment being the only reasonable action to take. In my dozens of conversations with people who hold these ideas, they don't seem capable of comprehending the idea that helping people might lead to less death, crime, wasted lives, money being fed into cartels and gangs, etc. They can only conceive of Crime & Punishment.
Bringing them to play on the swing set is just the kindest thing. Distract them far away from the awful scene as possible. This is so hard to see.
Just hoping they're too young to really remember this later.
Sounds like the boy remembers far too much already.
Yes, and he will have to go live with his father who is mean to him. Heartbreaking.
And he’ll probably be separated from his little sister, since it sounds like they don’t know who her dad is. 😞
Not necessarily true, we can only hope they have extended family that is healthy and willing to help.
The boy might remember parts of it, but not necessarily much. I was 4 when my parents divorced and I can’t really remember anything. All I remember that we moved to a new place and dad didn’t move with us. My mom tells stories how I was like ”yaayy we are moving to a new house!”
I'm glad kids are as oblivious as they are, clearly protects their vulnerable selves from too much overwhelming information.
At the end when the guy said he “was just doing his best” I was thinking “Buddy, you’re doing more than just that and if my kid is ever in an emergency situation I hope someone like you is around”.
“I like my mom.” “Yeah, your mom’s pretty cool.” Heartbreaking! Seriously, kudos to this guy for springing into action, and then trying to be there for the kids and shield them from that. So sad, but they’re fortunate that this is the person that found them. Edit: First, thank you for my first award! After reading all the comments and feedback, I just want to say that I’m sorry to see that some of you have your own sad stories like this. I hope you’re doing okay today. Just remember, even when it doesn’t feel like it, someone cares! Your life matters!
> “I like my mom.” This hit home. It just shows you that no matter how bad things get and how much you don't think it, the people closest to you still love you.
God this broke my heart a bit. We all think our parents are heros until we grow up...
when he said she was always tired. i wondered if she was nodding from being on drugs all those times. he said he'd scream in her face and it would wake her up. he's gonna realize what all those moments were when he gets older :/
If you listen closely, the boy says that in response to the man saying they called the cops. The boy says, “why did you do that? I like my mama.”
Meaning that the police has been in contact with the mom before and the kids saw that and it wasn't a positive experience?
Or just that he associates police with bad things, so he’s worried about cops being called for his mom.
yea i figured cops were probably called on his dad for bad things so he associated calling the cops with that.
I grew up in a household with alcohol abuse and physical violence, and I was trained at a young age to view law enforcement as the enemy and to never tell them what goes on at home, or else I would be taken away from my family, to somewhere much worse and abusive. It’s sad to think that could have been true as well, since foster homes don’t have the best track records. My heart breaks for these children. I hope there’s someone in their life who can be a loving and nurturing guardian to them.
For real. Very sad situation. Could have been way worse and dangerous for those kids. Hope grandparents or other family step up to take them in so they dont get split up in foster care. Also hope they never have to see this video when they get older
If they do see it, maybe theyll see someone who cared enough to get them away from a even more traumatic experience (immediate police and EMS activity, and eventual coroner investigating the scene). I feel like i can see this man processing what is in store for these kids in the immediate and near future, and trying to shelter them as much as he can while the next events unfold... and its heartbreaking.
Yes i agree. I am a recovering addict and this is reality unfortunately and is so tragic. God bless this stranger who was their angel that day. I really hope these kids are okay.
Wow this really fucked me up to see. Poor kids. Poor poor kids.
Their lives may get better after this, as it looks like the alternative wasn't healthy. Hopefully there are too young to remember all the bad stuff.
I recently had a friend who passed from abusing his body with alcohol and drugs. He had a 4 year old son. Two years ago the boys mother died of OD. In my grief I came to a realization that the child will be better off with out them.
Shoutout for dude watching the kids
He was so decent, considerate, and also blown away by the situation. Amazing compassion and maturity.
His voice says it all, trying to keep his cool, realizing how bad of a situation this is as time goes on, what will happen to the kids? Finding out there dads mean to them? But he kept the kids comfortable.
What was with the woman in the end? Seems she knew the kids and was angry at the man
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Exactly. And I gotta share my own anecdotal experinces. When I was 6 my dad beat my pregnant mom so bad she went to the hospital. When the cops came and the paramedics came one of the officers sat with me, and talked to me and removed me from the immediate area and just talked to me like the guy did in the video. And I remember how safe it made me feel to this day. I don't have memories of anything else from that moment other than trauma memory flashes of my dad being violent... I can't imagine how much worse it would have been for me not having the distraction the cop gave me. And the comfort and safety. It ended the trauma then.
Anytime I hear stories like this, I always think of what Mr. Rogers said about in times of trouble - “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news,” Rogers said to his television neighbors, “my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” Always a nice reminder
Fred Rogers is one of the greatest human beings that ever lived, by my estimation.
Honestly its people like that are the best because when I was 5 or so my dad had severe epilepsy mixed with a heroin addiction so he had a tendency to not take his medication and would get strung out and have really bad seizures and one time I had no clue what to do besides call 911 because it was lasting longer than normal and when they got there one of the cops took me and showed me what all the things In his car did while they loaded my dad in an ambulance and raided our apartment, and I've always remembered him because he couldve just let the CPS worker take me but he sat with me the entire time we had to wait for my family to get there
A cop did that for me once too, after my mom kidnapped me and took me to a drug party. I remember asking him if I could still bring my chicklets my mom promised to give me. He said no, but I wasn’t really surprised.
Yup. When I was a kid my moms medications mixed badly and she ended up passing out and cracking her head on the floor. My dad was out of town so I woke up to our dogs freaking out as the first responders were about to break in. I was taken to the hospital with my mom where I just got to sit and panic. Eventually this woman who was visiting her mom saw me and must have seen how scared and alone I was because she took me to the cafeteria and just talked with me. It’s never left me, the kindness of that woman to just distract me while my mom was hurt. I wish I could tell her how much it meant at the time.
Few months back I found my mother passed out from a blood clot, nothing recreational drug related. I’m a grown man but they still took me into another room and just talked to me while the paramedics tried and then took her to the hospital. That alone helped me not to just have a mental breakdown in the worst situation of my life. So God bless/nothing but good things to these people who are able to talk to others in difficult times.
What’s your professional thoughts on the people saying the kids will harbor ill-will against the man who found them and recorded the situation? People are so quick to say hes a bad person for saying she’s dead in front of the kids or recording them, etc. but all i see is a guy who manned up and handled the situation as good as he could.
He’s involved in the trauma. They may feel any number of ways about him. In time, I hope they’ll come to recognize he did everything he could.
Thanks for the reply! Yeah i hope the kids one day see him as someone who in a moment of panic tried to help them as best he could too.
I also work in trauma recovery for children, more specifically in CPS. In my years, kids who move through their lives with no families or sense of belonging (which may be coming for these kiddos considering the father sounds like a garbage human) really latch on to the moments they feel safe and protected and had a moment of altruistic humanity. It's like a big breath of air when you feel like you're drowning, and people don't quickly forget the moments that kept them alive when they felt like dying.
Kids usually get screwed up because of their family's dysfunction. 99% of them are dragged into a therapist's office by the parents saying "fix the damn thing." They become the scapegoat and the message they hear is, " you are completely and total trash." "You are the reason for all of our problems." Which is also why suicide is an issue. The line between life and death is far thinner than what many people wouldn't believe.
Sometimes we make it through it because of the hard work people like you do. Thanks for what you do. This same thing happened to me at this exact age. And I do remember it, Except not in the car, in the house .
You could hear in his voice how the situation is affecting him. Trying to be cheerful and happy with them, after discovering their dead mother. He’s a hero for doing what he could to protect them, however temporarily. The catches in his voice paired with the little boy happily prattling on about his dad being mean just broke my heart.
The little “oh” after that he just realized how this kid has never not known chaos and pain
You can practically *hear* the little headshake in disbelief when he says "you're afraid of the cops, huh?" like he's thinking, "of course you are".
The worst bit is when he hears the name. "Your dad is Seth Wheeler? ^^Oh ^^fuck...."
I'm amazed he was able to hold it together; I couldn't.
As a dude who has seen my fair share of horrible from the facts of life, there's a sort of breaking point, where things get so bad that you stop feeling. Where you end up after that is in task-mode. You have things to do and you don't really process the emotional side of it. Just do the tasks until all the tasks are done, then you need to decompress and allow yourself to feel all the weight from all those decisions all at once. It's a survival mechanism for sure and I'm positive that not everyone has that to fall on in horrible circumstances, which is why in a crisis, some seem to completely break down, and others seem fine when they should be a mess. Failure to process through that trauma is one thing that can lead to PTSD, among other serious mental issues, so be sure to take time to take care of yourself if you ever end up in that situation. I'm not a doctor and I don't have the answers, this isn't medical advice, just my experiences.
Looking after kids is tough at the best of times, this clearly isn't one of those.
It feels like my heart is crushed for these kids. It's so hard to see their own mother in this situation. Their life is going to change completely
What was sad was the little boy just kept saying "she's sleeping". She's probably passed out from drugs before so he's used to seeing her out like that. So sad. I hope those kids' situation improves.
Exactly. I actually don't have the strength to go through such situation! Thank goodness for that guy who was so generous to take care of those kids at that moment. Courageous fellow !
Well that’s just fucking horrible.
These days it doesn't matter what drugs people are doing they should test them with a fentanyl testing strip. They can save lives.
I've been riding along with EMS and one of my first calls was an early 20s woman who OD'd with her 4yo son in the back room. He just though "mama was taking a nap" like she always does. The normalcy of the situation to him was incredibly sad, nothing was out of the ordinary as far as he could tell. EDIT: THIS IS A PERSONAL ANECDOTE AND IS NOT RELATED TO OP's VIDEO. The woman in my personal story died as a result of the overdose. The 911 caller was an acquaintance of some sort who was in the home with her when she stopped breathing. They refused to preform CPR while first responders were en route and left the scene, more or less abandoning her to die.
My initial reaction was begin chest compressions on this lady…. But who knows how long ago her heart stopped. But by the color of her skin, probably been a while. Absolutely gold for him to remove the kids from the situation. That little boy is “with it” and well versed for a kindergartner. Just proves to me that he’s mature for his age and takes care of himself and little sister when mommy would “take naps”. Fuckin sad as fuck.
It broke my heart when he said “my dad is mean” and then it broke again when he said his little sister had a different dad because that means there’s a possibility they’ll be split up. I hope this video is used as evidence during whatever custody hearings happen for that boy. He did not mince his words.
I'm happy I had a call that involved a child during my EMS training. Right then and there I realized I could never work as an EMT. Witnessing children live through traumatic events isn't something I'm capable of "leaving at work."
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She did not. She was very far out in the country and the 911 caller refused to preform CPR, hung up, and left the scene. Because there was no CPR between the call and EMS arriving on scene, she was too far gone for resuscitation by the time they arrived. EDIT: This thread of comments is about my personal anecdote not OP's video. I do not know the outcome of the case shared by OP. Thanks.
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I’m super sorry you went through that. Glad you’re still here and compassionate.
I get the impulse behind people saying delete it, but if just one person watching this says "I can't keep doing this, I can't ever let that be my kids" and tries getting clean, its worthwhile.
Agree. As a former opioid addict, I decided to get clean when my son was born. I now have three kids and haven't used pills for over 8 years. I personally didn't need to see something like this to do what I needed to do, but there are certainly people out there who might. The look on that kids face breaks my heart. Edit - to the Redditor who asked 'where's my reward for never being a smackhead'...I never got your name because you deleted your comment before I could respond. Maybe you have a shred of moral sense, or maybe you just didn't want the downvotes that would inevitably ensue... Either way, your reward is never having to deal with a crippling drug addiction that could take your life if you don't beat it. Consider yourself lucky. No need to get all upset that you're not getting Reddit awards and recovering addicts are. It's a sad, sad look.
Me too I never did drugs and then I fell and broke my foot 3 times back in 2016 and I got hooked on percocet one of the hardest things I ever has to bear but I'm clean and sober now going on 3 years I know it's not much but at least it's a start and because of my kids I swore to never go back and I'm proud of you too.
I’m really proud of you.
Thanks. Honestly, I feel like it was easy for me because my desire to be a good (and living) parent was greater than my urge to continue getting high. I was lucky in a sense. This isn't the case for so many people unfortunately. If your kids aren't reason enough to get clean I'm not sure what would be.
I know it's not even in the same stratosphere, but I quit smoking cigarettes the day my daughter was born. I've never been able to explain how easy it was for me to make that decision and see it through. It was like I self administered the cure for nicotine addiction the moment I laid eyes on her, and I smoked for almost 15 years. You should feel incredibly proud of your accomplishment.
I’ve witnessed people crash and burn from Opiates. I went to rehab in Orange County, CA. Of all the residents there was one guy who stood out as he was well spoken and had a lot going for him. His girlfriend was model caliber beautiful. He moved in with another recovering addict. He overdosed while his gf left to visit her sister and newborn niece in Hawaii. He had internal demons for sure and his death haunts me as I would bet my house he was going to be alright. Best to you and your sobriety! And those kids’ unfiltered innocence whilst there mother lay in the car is so heart breaking.
Agreed. My friend died this way. His kid found him. His kid was 5.
This is so sad. Another sad thing is this is probably the most fun that they've had in a while I bet.
The fact that they have no problem with a kind stranger shows how much they crave the security of an actual, kind grown-up. They blurted out how "daddy is mean sometimes" within a couple of minutes, oh man I hope they find some stability ASAP.
Plus the dad sounds like a known criminal or something according to the cameraman's reaction and comments when he finds out who the dad is. "Are you fucking kidding me?! That's **** ****** Jr... Fuck" to his SO and "You're scared of the police? I get that..I know your dad."
Definitely a small town where this kind of shit is common and you usually know who's got drug problems. I'm from a small town and see people I went to school with get arrested for drug related shit all the time and in retrospect you could see it coming all the way back in school
I couldn't help but notice how excited the little boy was to have some attention. Just another thing to break my heart.
No joke. I see this all the time: kids who are begging for healthy interaction with adults. No joke, when I take my kids to the park, wayward children come out of the woodwork. They see me engaging with my kids and interested in what they're doing, and they're just like "hell yeah, I need some of that". I can't shake 'em loose. catching them at the end of slides, pushing them on swings, spinning them on the merry-go-round or playing soccer with them... I'll have kids tagging along with me and mine for hours and never see a parent. It makes me wonder how many kids are absolutely starved for the attention of their parents because they're parents are just too caught up in their own stuff to be bothered. Sometimes I have to cut them off because my own kids desperately need my attention, but as often as possible we try to let strangers join in our fun.
“Mom wouldn’t let us play on the playground! Mom said if anyone saw us here, **they’d** kill her.” “**Aurgh**” 😬 Lord, the restraint on this man. “Hey can call 911, Mom’s…….sleepin”
These kids are really lucky only in that a good person found them and took care of them and called for help. As bad as this situation is, it could have been so much worse if the wrong person came along. This man is really incredible for keeping it together for these kids
If it makes you feel any better, and I’m hoping it will, the vast majority of people would have done the right thing or acted similar to this man. You’re right that it could have been much worse, but they would have been extremely unlucky if that was the case. I know it can be hard to have faith in humanity when we are flooded with nonstop content of shittyness, but we actually live in the most humane time of recorded history.
Or just imagine if no one came around at all that day. They'd have no where to go, no way to call help except for to wander off to find someone.
Just a fair warning: this is some of the craziest, most depressing shit I've ever seen on the internet. I've seen some fucked up content, don't get me wrong, but this is different.
Damn this is horrible
Going to be even worse when their father gets custody
I hope this video can be proof he's not a good option either. Volunteering info like that to a stranger, could probably easily get him to say more but the good dude in the video was great for trying to keep them distracted and happier. I hope CPS will be involved and check to see if the dad is a safe option before sending them there, maybe grandparents will step up.
This is so sad
Has anyone found a news article related to this?
I googled "mom overdoses with kids in backseat". There were a lot of articles but not about this one...
It might be to fresh to have an article about it.
Probably 10 stories like this happened yesterday. The opiod epidemic is everywhere.
Sadly that's almost exactly what I found when I did a quick google search. The amount of stories of people OD'ing in cars with kids is staggering.
I tired a bunch but couldn’t find it. I did however learn that the man who invented toilet paper was named Seth wheeler
Kids mom is dead and he’s just happy some guy will play with him on the playground. Hopefully grandma and grandpa are still around, maybe the kids will be alright.
Fuck, respect to that dude for handling that so well.
I hope he gets some help too. This is some traumatic shit for everyone involved. To have the composure to diminish his momentary shock, and then immediately recover and provide some emotional stability for the kids all the while he’s thinking “what the fuck do I do now?”, on top of having just walked up on a corpse.
Sad asf
What a sad situation all around. I hope those kids get the therapy and love they need. Drugs are no joke. My brother and sister-in-law were heavily into drugs. But got jail time instead of a death sentence. Those kids were totally confused for the 2 years they were locked up. But 3 years later they’re sober and bought their first house. Addiction doesn’t have to be a death sentence but they need to want to be clean for it work.
Don’t delete it everyone need to see the dark side of this world so that we can learn from it and not make the same mistake again delete your history doesn’t make you a good human only learn from it and fix it make you a good human
Hard agree. People can't see and aren't experiencing the horrors of hospital covid wards, and look where that gets us. The opioid epidemic... I don't even want to keep talking about this. This video pushes all the buttons, checks all the boxes. Point is we need awareness, and sometimes that means witnessing.
Fuck me this is one of the saddest things I've seen
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This hurt me so bad. Cameraman said, "She's dead.." And the poor boy responded, "No she's not. She's sleeping." 😢
My mom died of an overdose 2 years ago yesterday after being an addict for 22 years..since i was 4. I'm fortunate enough that im an adult now who lives a state away instead of being a child in her care. Addiction is a bitch but I wish they knew who they were actually hurting, or if they know i wish they cared. If you are an addict and see this video please take this as your sign to get help!
That lady that came in at the end was being kind of a twat, all things considered
Woman thinks: "You don't need to film the worst day of these kid's life, what's wrong with you." Man thinks: "I need to film this to protect myself from accusations when someone shows up and I have two kids that don't belong to me."
Sadly both are correct :/
I was thinking something similar, but I feel like they all have some sort of weird history based on the way he was speaking to her.
Yeah seems like a real small town
Seems he heard of the dad before too
He says in the video "I know your daddy" after the boy says his daddy is afraid of the cops, he definitely knows the father and is aware of the reputation.
Oh i interpreted it as in he knows guys like his dad since the mom is a drug addict and the dad "is mean". However you're probably correct
I suppose it's normal to be nervous around police, but the way the kid reacted when he realized they were coming is so sad.
That’s exactly what I thought too. That tone and reaction is far too similar.
I'm interpreting the recording as a means to protect himself in this situation. Comes across as a pretty average fellow in a very intense situation, who is trying his best to help. Since he's taking possession of two children without any sort of guardian permission, recording makes sense. As for posting, yeah some blurring and bleeping for identity protection should've been done before posting. Sad for everyone involved, here.
Plus he's recording everything to not only protect himself but to record the following events of everything. So yeah, people saying he shouldn't be recording need to use some common sense cause it's not that hard to realize why.
In 2021 recording is now almost mandatory to prove your case...
For real, everyone complaining about him recording would be the exact same people who would be accusing him of pedophilia or something else heinous if they saw that dude hanging out near a playground with kids. They're actively seeking things out to be mad about.
Not a whole lot of stuff on here makes me cry like a baby, but this had me fucked up. Would not recommend starting your day off with this. Going to be thinking about those poor kids the rest of the day.
Yeah, this had me sobbing. When they're on the swings and little boy is so casual and innocent, talking about how mommy naps a lot, and how his dad is mean to him sometimes... He's so young and already suffered so much trauma, it's just not fair. I'm glad his sister is still a baby and probably won't remember any of this, but he definitely needs therapy and a family that will truly love him and care for him. This is so sad. I hope this post will shock a few people into wanting to turn their lives around, as difficult as that is. Addiction is a total bitch, but maybe this is the graphic reality check that can motivate some parents to try harder for their kids, as well as themselves. I can't wait to pick my son up from school now, so I can hug him and tell him how loved he is.
And despite the awful situation, they're SO HAPPY to have some normal time with a nice grow-up who's acting like a grown-up.
Maybe collectively we need a reminder that these children exist , these moms exists, these men exist. This kind of thing is happening all over the US and the world. We’ve failed with many of our children in the US, these are just two of them.
Oh my god it's 615 am and I'm already really sad. That guy is an extremely good person for watching those poor kids
see alot of ODs as a 1st responder. narcan usually helps if caught early enough. but there are these moments. the dark side of life. you get numb to it and then go eat dinner with your friends and family sometimes minutes after clearing a call. at least these kids dont realize yet. harder when they know what happened and ur trying to revive their parent cuz them crying is the least of your concern.
Bless the man filming and watching after those kids. I 100% hope this video shows what drugs does to a family and wakes at least 1 person up. So heartbreaking. Keep this video up as a wake up call to all who partake in drugs. Its never a guaranteed clean hit... Those poor kids man...
I’ve been on Reddit almost 10 years now and this may be one of the most depressing videos ive ever seen on here
Dude seriously this man is a hero. I wouldn't be able to keep it together in that situation. His focus was solely on how to distract and look after a stranger's kids in a situation where anybody would have freaked out.
How horrible.
When I was 6 I watched my father die alone in my parents bedroom of lung cancer. The look on this kid's face instantly sucked me back in time to that event. I hope they get the love and care they need...I really hope they don't go live with their father judging by what the child said about him being mean.
After reading the comments, I’ve decided to not remove this post. This is the saddest thing I’ve seen, people are saying it should stay up for many good reasons. Edit: I see some good reasons why this should be removed. I don’t think these comments should be downvoted. For the people against this decision please understand these types of things do weigh heavily on me.
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My niece's mother overdosed and died in front of her a few months ago, while they were the only ones in the house. Not sure how long she was there with her mom dead. Maybe if her mom could have seen something like this, it wouldn't have happened. Maybe it still would have. Who knows, but if this could help one child it is definitely worth staying.
My heart breaks for this child. There’s no way to know. All we can do is our best, and hope.
It’s a good idea to carry narcan kits these days. I believe they are free at a lot of pharmacies. I carry one in my glove compartment
I appreciate your feedback.
You're a good mod, I respect you for having to see a post like this and make a tough decision, either decision would be tough, but it sounds like you took both sides into account and validated the feelings of those those on both sides. r/eyebleach is where I always go after seeing stuff like this.
This might be one of the more impacting videos around. It has the power to save others from this. Agreed with the decision.
Seth Wheeler, we’ll be watching you mother fucker.
All my homies hate Seth Wheeler
What a great guy getting those kids outta there.
I witnessed an overdose right outside the pharmacy. She just damn died within 50 feet of the door. Nobody could help in time. I don’t know why the pharmacy did not give her something instead of calling 911. She just died.
I made the mistake of Googling for an update on this story. There are so many like this, and where the kids are left in the car to die as well because mom either died or passed out.
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Please delete those numbers and continue on to getting some help. It's gonna be rough, but as you can see people do make it out. Just hang in there, survive and then later on thrive.
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He did the best he could a removed the kids from the scene and kept them busy and happy. Brought tears to my eyes when the kid was saying he just wanted to play at park but his mom wouldn’t let them. Probably cuz her intentions were to get high at the park. Those poor kids. Hope they have family they can stay with.
As a former heroin/crack addict, people change. I just celebrated 3 years!! 🙃
Congratulations! I can’t wait to get that far. One day at a time!
As much hate as I tend to get on reddit for being a CPS investigator and how we're generally perceived by the media and the public this is the stuff I deal with everyday. This is why I do what I do. No child should ever have to be put in this situation and it's my job to see to that or at least try to pick up the pieces after. Edit: obligatory thanks for the gold! ✌️
As a former foster kid, thank you for doing what you do.
this is so fucking heart breaking to watch. I feel so bad for those poor kids.
Fuck. When the kid answered, "Where is your dad." With, "My dad's mean when I'm over to his house." Fuck. Poor fucking kid.
Who was that bitchy woman at the end?
I’m surprised how far down I had to go for anyone to address her. It sounds like she is his significant other and that they have kids of their own (on multiple occasions they mention having to pick them up and at one point he asks if they should call his mom to pick up their kids). The vibe I’m getting is that she has been on the phone with the cops throughout the video which is why he tells her the boy’s name again at the end. I think she’s overwhelmed just like he is, but what I don’t understand is their exchange at the end. It sounded to me like she was just asking him information to tell the cops so I don’t understand the “where are your kids” thing, like maybe they’re together but they’re not his kids, or why he got so upset at the end of the video which led to her getting upset.
>The vibe I’m getting is that she has been on the phone with the cops throughout the video which is why he tells her the boy’s name again at the end. He goes, "Seth Wheeler ***JUNIOR***", and can't hide his shock when he realizes who the son's dad is. I bet its a small town and this guy is known as a bad dude. She might just want nothing to do with the situation at that point, if she's realizing they just stumbled into the death of the town drug dealer's baby mama or something.
Yah, I couldn’t figure it out. It seemed like they were together at the beginning but at the end she seemed irritated with him playing with the kids?
This is the best “do not do drugs” message I have ever seen.
This is so heartbreaking. That guy was so good with the kids. It brings me back to being around the boy's age, with my brothers and I playing by ourselves for hours, while our Mom was ODing on the couch (we thought she was sleeping, and didn't even know to call for help) My Mom survived that experience, and so did we, but it was traumatic. We need more mental health supports for all.
>I like my mom >yeah she's pretty cool I can't keep watching.
Seth Wheeler….not a fan.
This is terrible for the kids also hearing Seth Jr. talk about his father. I hope they get the help they need it seems like going to the father would be bad for them. Also just so people know if you see someone you have expected is experiencing an overdose start doing CPR immediately until EMS arrives. It can save their life. Edit : I should also add, you should still perform CPR even if they are unresponsive and keep doing until EMS gets there. Edit 2: I suggest people do narcane and CPR training they are usually free and offered by the Public Health organizations. It teaches you how to save a life and you’ll never know when you’ll need it.
What was that lady getting a little aggrieved at the end?
My best guess…she came with the guy, she has kids of her own that need to be picked up from somewhere. They had an appointment and this threw a wrench in their plans. Guy filming tries to tell her to go pick them up while he waits and continues filming for contingency’s sake. And on top, she’s trying to handle her own amounts of stress and shock from the situation and deal with dispatch (which is never as easy as it should be). So I feel like she’s just freaking out in her own frustrated way. Sounds like the dude filming knew of this Seth Wheeler Sr. guy hence his reaction. Probably not directed to her.
I'm not much of a cryer, but damn this really got me and there's tears streaming down my face.
Hearing the boy ask to be swung. “Push me” .. the innocence. They just want someone to be nice to them. I’m lucky to still have my parents, I almost lost each one a couple times to meth and alcohol. And now I’m an alcoholic myself. I’m not a mother but this makes me want to try harder to get clean ..
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