scarbrough68289 76 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Woman sets self on fire, walks around Miami mall MIAMI (AP) - A woman set herself on fire at a Miami mall Thursday, then walked around engulfed in flames as shocked shoppers watched, authorities said. Two men and a woman who tried to help her were hurt, but not badly. The 43-year-old woman, whose name was not released, doused herself with a flammable liquid at the Mall of the Americas, said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Arnold Piedrahita. She had third-degree burns over 75 percent of her body and was found conscious in a parking lot. Authorities do not know why she set herself on fire. GA_googleFillSlot("news_story_instory"); She was air-lifted to a hospital. Witnesses said she was in a clothing store called Savage Boutique when it happened. Jose Morales, 24, said he was about to pay for earrings for his girlfriend at a nearby kiosk when he heard screams and thought someone had fallen. When he turned around, he saw the blaze and realized someone was within it. "This woman is just walking like this, super slow, completely on fire," Morales said, his arms stretched out at his side to show what the woman looked like as she walked out of the store. "You couldn't see nothing but fire." Morales said witnesses used two fire extinguishers on the woman, who was on fire about two-and-a-half minutes. All of her clothes except her underwear disappeared into ashes. After the fire was out, Morales said, the woman walked out of the mall and into the parking lot. The two men injured helping her were treated at the scene while the woman who helped was taken to a hospital. The mall remained closed as of late afternoon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kY31QrTsns >>>Anyone else wonder where the Mall Ninja was at? This could have been prevented if he were there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BronCobraJet 80 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 "I'm dangerous like a fire in a nursing home. Old people burning, old people burning - put your hands up! Old people burning, old people burning - thats kind of messed up." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobRez 1,895 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Now my wife knows why I insist on bringing a bag of marshmallows everywhere we go! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
csspecs 1,987 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Gee I'm mostly shocked that the media did not show every single picture like the sickos they normally are. Good to see that out of the dozens of people there that three people did something to help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
superA 289 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 I blame global warming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kwicko 8 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 She was allegedly protesting high prices. At a mall. Maybe I'm old and jaded, but you used to set yourself on fire because you were protesting something like the Vietnam War. And you did it in front of Robert McNamara's office. Now you do it to protest the price of accessories at the freaking mall. Wow. We really ARE nothing more than a consumerist society. I have to wonder though - how much did she pay for that gallon of gas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azrial 1,091 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Another hot chick I saw at the mall story, big deal... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulyski 2,227 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Yeah, we have a lot of "Flamers" at the malls in Portland too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobAsh 582 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Another hot chick I saw at the mall story, big deal... Nicely done, Bill! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scarbrough68289 76 Posted August 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 I love the "concerned citizens" in the video all 5-10 of them standing there with their phones getting footage for the interweb. They're the same ones that would be standing there instead of taking action in a shooting scenario too. "I hope I can get this on camera so I can sell to TMZ" <<<basic mindset of society. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gothmog 24 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Some times I can't wait for ole mother nature to shake us off this planet, like fleas on a dog. huzzah! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chupa 34 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Here's a video I can't describe, it has to be seen to be believed. This guy is a complete Idiot.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=591_1250131811 I heard she is dating this guy! haahaa Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tover26 18 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 It does make you think a bit though. How many of us wake up and go out expecting to see someone on fire? I'm looking around me right now and thought, "If I saw someone <over there> suddenly burst into flames, what would I do?" I think I'd look around to see if it was an attack first... is there an attacker? Next I'd look around to see if TSA were doing anything (I'm in an airport lounge right now). Next I'd look to see if was some kind of publicity stunt. At the point I felt that none of these things were applicable, I like to think I'd try to do something more than gawk. When I was a kid, I saw a person jump in front of a train to commit suicide. I was too far away and there were too many people to barely move let alone try to help, but the overall thing was so overwhelming - and there was a train - that I think everyone just kind of stood there in shock. If she really was protesting high mall prices... what a waste of a life. I wonder if she knew there are more effective ways of protesting, if the thought of writing a letter had ever crossed her fire-obsessed mind. I'm going to guess that, if she recovers, there'll be a follow up article about her being a pyromaniac with a number of other issues. I wonder if anyone saw her dousing herself in fuel and thought, "That looks weird." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
22_Shooter 1,560 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Where is the "protesting prices" thing coming from? Everything I've read on it seems to allude to the fact that she was just plain ol' bat-shit crazy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kwicko 8 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Where is the "protesting prices" thing coming from? Everything I've read on it seems to allude to the fact that she was just plain ol' bat-shit crazy. I got that from another site where I saw the story. I think it was posted that way to try to sensationalize it, because the link from there is just the ordinary run-of-the-mill story. Sorry 'bout that. I should've vetted the info first. Yup, looks like she's just plain ol' banamas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camon 233 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 This happened in Flordia. Nothing surprising here. This is the same state who fired a teacher for "Wizardry" lol. http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79533 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
22_Shooter 1,560 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 This happened in Flordia. Nothing surprising here. This is the same state who fired a teacher for "Wizardry" lol. http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=79533 Wow. That's all I have to say about that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaddis 1,689 Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Anybody feel like going to the Flaming Wok at the food court for some sizzling Scezcuan beef after seeing this? Well, at least she didn't get run over and killed like that poor schmuck opening the front doors that Wal Mart in Long Island last Black Friday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BronCobraJet 80 Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 It does make you think a bit though. How many of us wake up and go out expecting to see someone on fire? I'm looking around me right now and thought, "If I saw someone <over there> suddenly burst into flames, what would I do?" I think I'd look around to see if it was an attack first... is there an attacker? Next I'd look around to see if TSA were doing anything (I'm in an airport lounge right now). Next I'd look to see if was some kind of publicity stunt. At the point I felt that none of these things were applicable, I like to think I'd try to do something more than gawk. When I was a kid, I saw a person jump in front of a train to commit suicide. I was too far away and there were too many people to barely move let alone try to help, but the overall thing was so overwhelming - and there was a train - that I think everyone just kind of stood there in shock. If she really was protesting high mall prices... what a waste of a life. I wonder if she knew there are more effective ways of protesting, if the thought of writing a letter had ever crossed her fire-obsessed mind. I'm going to guess that, if she recovers, there'll be a follow up article about her being a pyromaniac with a number of other issues. I wonder if anyone saw her dousing herself in fuel and thought, "That looks weird." I was actually camping out one night years ago on Galveston beach, and this guy a ways away tried to juice up his beach fire with a can of gas. It backfired on him big time, and he caught fire on his arms. I jumped up and ran as fast as I could on the sand to help him. You are right. Most (all) of of the people around stood in stunned/awed amazement. I was the only one that helped. I didn't even think anything of it until someone mentioned it later that I was the only one that reacted. I had a first aid kit in my car that had burn creme and he used that but wouldn't go to the hospital or anything. That had to hurt like a sumbitch the next day. I also work as an engineer for a Railroad co., and there is no more helpless feeling in the world when you hit somebody that decides to commit suicide by jumping in front of your train. The only thing the a-hole did right was to turn his face away, so that I didn't have that image burned into my mind. I like to joke about it and say he took off on a "dead run" for our train. WTF are you supposed to say or think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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