It can be terrifying when you realize you love someone like that. These guys kept shredding their bodies, when the only missing person was the son they didn't know the first thing about. It's technically, if not literally, insanity. But I guess that's why firefighters work together, they're constantly surrounded by people who are also willing to go that much further than the rest of us. Incidents like this one happen, but the odds of people getting hurt are so much lower than they would be if people like your dad weren't there. Tell him the internet says hi.
She probably felt extremely guilty by then and wanted the fire fighter to have a reason to why they were there in the first place. But overall the way the relative said it was just cruel.
Some how I don’t think she knew. When you are afraid of your own child, you probably wouldn’t be looking for them. If she was at a neighbors, she probably had no idea what he had done or that he had left. Not sure though, because she was so adamant about finding him, thinking he was still in the house. Very confusing. But in any case, after he had admitted to setting the fire, he should have paid for it with life in prison. Don’t understand why so many countries don’t prosecute supposed mental health individuals! He knew what he did was wrong or he would not have fled and stayed at his uncles house. Doesn’t seem like he cared if his mother or anyone survived!!
@@MugenTJwdym they dont work every hour? She literally stated that they worked 120 hour weeks. Even doctors work less than that. And yes lesser education but risk should be paid equally, which is why construction workers get paid relatively well.
@@MugenTJmy siblings are firefighters. It is skill based, they are overworked. There are still high qualifications to be a firefighter. Don’t downplay it because you don’t need a degree there is still months of training. And again they’re risking their lives. Daily. They are traumatized daily.
Everything in this case disgusted me. The cars preventing the trucks to get to the house, the terrible working conditions, the lack of medical coverage, the lack of gear needed to protect these men. The fact the mother NEVER told them her son wasn’t there after she was given the information.. everything. I’m bawling
Korea is so fked I left when I was a baby😉 money runs everything there and you can get away with all kinds of crimes unlike the US. How tf do u not find criminals in a country almost a quarter of Cali in size🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️plus too many selfish entitled ppl. Nice place to visit but not for living.
The fact that I’m 1000% sure that the neighbors heard the fire truck siren and no one got up to move their cars or to rally the neighbors to go door to door to move them. It’s sick sickening. My stomach dropped during the whole video.
@@KiwisAndAlpacasexactly, with so much commotion going on, all the sirens and lights you would have had to have known it was happening on your own street so to not even bother to move your car even AFTER the collapse and when there were thousands of firefighters literally digging by hand to find their fellow men, you have to be some kind of heartless, pig ignorant and evil to not bother to move your car that you had parked there illegally and that had already been partially to blame. It’s disgusting behaviour.
@@KiwisAndAlpacasalso the sad part is that the reason they probably didn’t come out and move them was probably most likely motivated my selfishness as they all knew that what they had done was illegal and probably did not want to be seen doing the drive of shame and knew if they were caught red handed there would be repercussions. They most likely chose their own selfish needs over the lives of those who would risk their lives for them in a heartbeat, it just beggars belief.
I can't explain how frustrated I am knowing about this case. Frustrated about the illegally parked cars, the messed up son who got away, the family members who didn't notify about the son being at his uncle's house, the government that didn't provide adequate safety equipments & underpaid the firefighters. My heart aches for these brave firefighters and their family.
I want to put this out there that it has nothing to do with your race or ethnicity. It has to do with these human beings being killed because of somebody else's stupidity. It breaks my heart and I don't care what country comes from and absolutely has me in tears and I just want everyone to know that 😢
@@sarasweightlossjourney1432 Yes, it has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. It's about how careless these parties were in this situation. I'm Asian and I do not care about what ethnicity was involved. What happened was injust and absolutely heartbreaking.
The worst thing about this case is people died because of their compassion, determination and bravery. You can’t even try to call it stupidity because they knew full well what they were doing
@@Zydraxis same. Fire lanes and other specialized parking exists for a reason, goddamnit. Anyone who uses these spaces for casual parking is a giant douche. If this is you, yes. You're also a giant douche. What we need to do is create douchebag parking. Called VIP parking. Distraction parking that lures self-important, entitled dipshits away from important spaces and into the spaces they should be occupying to begin with. "Are you more important than everyone else in existence? Welcome to VIP parking." And then we lead them up to level M or whatever. Where they belong.
Yeah. I was thinking it's sad that the firefighters died, but they did it willingly knowing the potential costs. Which just makes them really good people. What angers me is the mother lying about her son still being in the house, which caused the firefighters to lose their lives. Rarely do we hear stories that have genuinely good people in them that want to make the world better. Now we have one of those stories and they die, because someone lied! It's infuriating
That last line you left us with, He still carries a photo of them in his wallet and says "We're still fighting fires together guys". That tore me. Thank you for sharing us their story so that firefighters would be recognised and remembered for their bravery and efforts.
Me too!! I'm crying so much in pain for the families for their loss and specially the firefighters who dedicated their lives to save lives.. I cannot accept that the idiot mother and her son got away from this.. 😭😭😭😭
This was beyond maddening. People died because she didn't believe them when they told her they didn't see her son in the building. I hope she is happy now. She ruined a lot of lives.
I have seen a lot of people blaming the mother, yet I’ve still got to see a comment blaming the actual cause of the fire. The firefighters could barely see 2 feet ahead of them in a 2 story building, if there was a person there, it would be very likely that they wouldn’t have found him. It’s not the abused mother’s fault what her son did. She didn’t know that her son was there, and based on another person, this happened in the 2000’s where cell phones weren’t as prominent. His relatives should have told the firefighters that the son wasn’t there earlier. His mother should not be blamed for the death of 6 firefighters, imagine the trauma this left her regardless
It's automatic the son gets the full blame for the fire but there's also a lot of blame to be spread. It's sad he abused his mother but it doesn't diminish the fact that 6 firefighters died because she wouldn't believe them when they looked several times for her son. We can still feel bad for her but also upset and frustrated she didn't believe them. It's a trolley problem and we can talk about would've, could've, should've but it still doesn't take away the fact that 6 firefighters died and left their family and loved ones to grieve after them. Is saving one person worth 6 lives? Is one trauma worse than 6?
@@cedricdallaire3324because she thought her son was there dawg? anyone mother would beg for that, i don’t understand what you wanted her to do? just be like oh yea leave him? it was up to the firefighters to not go back in if they knew it was that dangerous, they risked their lives for the sake of others. just blame the idiots who parked the cars illegally, and the son. not the desperate mother asking for help, helping her was THEIR JOB. they wanted to do it
This is so sickening, the mother and son needs life in prison, I don’t care. The illegally parked vehicles needs to pay hefty fines for damages to the family of the victims, the government should be ashamed of themselves, if it was their houses on fire, they would care then because that’s how it always goes. First responders need to be treated better.
People who parked there shouldnt have their driver licens. they all shouldnt be able to drive one more day. And it sickens that people in this coments even defend them.
I haven’t cried over a case in so long but hearing her talk about how the firefighters kept on working after knowing their colleges died was absolutely heartbreaking
i just about cried as well. so crushing. and that some firefighters died searching for the son who is an abuser and CAUSED the fire but he wasnt even there..
I would literally grab this woman shake her, scream at her to get help for herself and disown her son... this is absolutely... I can't. My heart breaks for the firefighters and their families. That mother AND her disgusting excuse for a son should rot in jail.
That’s so real- If you think about it, the relationship between a parent and child hugely depends on the parent, what happened when raising the child that resulted in such bad arguments and domestic violence? Plus “mental health” i think the mother must also not be “normal” like there’s something up with the whole family including the relative who nonchalantly said that the son was at someone else’s house…
My grandma is like that and I can absolutely not stand it. Her son has been a problem child and she could never rain him in. By the time she realised what she was doing was wrong it was too late and now she prefers to live with the delusion that maybe if she "loves him enough and doesn't leave him" he would change. A drug abuser that spent years in prison for arson then when he came out of jail, thanks to his mother and enabler, he brutally beat my mum (his sister) in front of my little brothers. She still believes she could change him and wE sHouLd ForGive HIm. And I know more mothers like this. It genuinely disgusts me.
I feel like it wasn’t the mothers fault but the sons I also feel bad for the mother and all the firemen but still she could have known but it was mostly the mans fault
@@cethj804it is possible that her husband was an abuser and the son saw that or that he had some serious mental health issues that she couldnt control, my son’s autistic & i wouldnt even put him in a hospital so i mean you can view it as her trying her best to get him help or her taking the easy way out and letting her son go to a hospital she shouldve known was likely abusive or negligent, then again, a lot of people still dont realize that & if he was violent with his disorder, it may have been all she could think to do,..
It’s blows my mind how many evil, cruel, gruesome, disgusting “people” are in this world. My cousin was a front line firefighter who went to fight some of the biggest fires. He was sent to California a few years back when nearly the entire state was on fire. He has been sent all over the country since he’s front line, and he has some trauma from some of his buddies dying in fires, and he’s nearly lost his life a few times also. He’s saved so many people from burning buildings, houses, parks, etc. The pay was literally nothing, literally got no money at all for the very first year which is ridiculous and pathetic. These people are risking their lives to save others and can barely afford living costs. For hero’s who save people deserve a special place in heaven and for psycho killers who end lives of these hero’s deserve a very horrific place in hell.
she didn't know tho? as a parent i think no matter how abusive your child is towards you you would still think of their health? atleast thats what my mom told me
@@ulisesmontalvo9606 she wouldn't have demanded if she trough he wasn't in there. if you're sure somebody is in the building you wouldn't call then you would prioritize getting them out to safety. plus, what if he didn't have his phone on him? and beating her up is just violent. if she really thought he was in there her motherly instinct would be to beg the firefighters to go get him.
@@lqvrv OH yeah, even when the firefighters are TELLING you that the building will COLLAPSE??? An abusive son isn't worth the lives of 6 people. Jail the mother!!
@@lqvrv The relatives joined her pretty early on. There is no way none of the relatives said anything while the mother was supposedly "in panic about her son". She knew by then. She had to. Don't you any of you watch the video in full?
I cried so hard watching this. My brother Sam was a firefighter here in Canada and I miss him every single day. He also passed away in the line of duty 3 days after he became a father to triplets. I am still crying as I type.
May your brother's memory always be a blessing. May his children know that their father was a hero. May you and your loved ones find healing and peace.
31:40 "An alert would come in, this firefighter had died, tears would fall into the rubble and they'd keep going" The way she repeated these words for the victims it felt like I was being read the most heartbreaking bedtime story ever. It's so sad that this happened 😢
@@terrybaker5844 a long time ago one of my neighbors was a firefighter. I was too young to understand her fears, but I knew she was afraid whenever her dad was on duty and I get it now. This story is heartbreaking, I can't imagine how hard it was to grow up like this, worried your own father would be in a situation like this
Just how you worry if you marry a soldier or a cop... Doesn't mean it hurts any less when it happens.. RIP all those brave men and damn the owners of those stupid cars!
In Germany Firefighters aren't allowed to go in a building if it is collapses. its sounds hard but if the chances are too small to save another person they are not allowed to go inside. - this story is so shocking. it made me really sad
It does sound hard, but also realistic Think there definitely should be boundaries for firefighting…one person sacrificing their life for another, is one thing But many people dying to try and save one person who probably won’t survive the building collapsing, I don’t think that can be justified But that’s easy to say when it’s not myself in a situation like that
Yeah, I watched the logistic of firefighter in USA, and they apparently have procedure to always have safety inspector on site that gets to assess the situation and decide if it's too dangerous to go in. That way, no one should be able to guilt trip the firefighters to abandon their safety.
In the US if the building starts showing signs of collapse, all firefighters are ordered by the chief to get out, so the protocol is similar to Germany's
honestly, one thing I love about Stephanie is how she discusses these stories, how you can see the tears form in her eyes, how emotionally connected she is - it shows how much investment she has in sharing these stories and delivering justice.
Yeah, you can hear her voice trembling when she was talking about all those firefighters working to move all that rubble and save the other firefighters☹️
I have to agree that Stephanie really brings the people’s stories to life. I think I first really noticed when she covered a nightclub fire just how emotionally invested she can get you.
“Tears dropped into the rubble but the firefighters kept going, their sledgehammers would slam into the concrete and an alert would come in” every time you said that sentence it hit harder
god stehpanie 35:09 , the way you’re describing the situation, the way you’re repeating your words for every single hero & describe this person, before telling us he was pronounced dead. Tears are falling from my eyes, so much pain in ur voice, it’s devastating
When the firefighters say "it's my job," they're not just saying "I dived into a fire because I get paid to." What they mean is "I signed up for this. I didn't just happen upon an unexpected situation, and suddenly have to make a choice. I'm here because I chose, long in advance, that I would do this when necessary in order to save lives."
Wow I have never heard of anything like this in my 29 years of my career 😢I’m a female paramedic firefighter and I feel such heartbreak to hear about this story. They will never be forgotten ! Brothers in Red , they will live on in the people they have saved and the love of their family and loved ones.. rest in peace my brothers in Red. First in and last out.
Oh my gosh….. I was shattered listening to this story but your comment just made me have to sit down & collect myself. It must be heartbreaking for other firefighters and people like you who work with them to hear of such a devastating tragedy. “First in, last out” just ripped at my heart. Thank you for your service as a paramedic and saving lives ❤ you guys are all angels.
this story is a great example that true heroes exist but also true villains. my heart goes out to all the families and colleagues that lost a loved one.
I genuinely blame the mom as well. She couldn’t bother to call him!? She couldn’t call other family members!? She and her son should BOTH go to prison holy crap
Ikr! Sending them back in after they’ve searched it. They must’ve been gone for a while to look through the house. It’s sick to expect others to risk their life for strangers even if it’s their job! NOT FOR A FREAKING 3k WTH. She literally told them to go die if they can’t find her shitcrap of a son.
Are you dumb??? 1. The person was panicked. Therefore, she wasn't thinking clearly. Especially panicked considering her last memory would be a fight. 2. How is an unconscious person going to pick up a phone? Again, assumptions kill people (looks at korean government). 🙄 3. Likely course of action would be the son/or someone who has seen the son, contacting HER (not the other way round). So the assumption was kind of reasonable, although she still should have called afterwards. I mean, 3 hours passed, how has she not called by this time.
I know many moms and wives like that. They lived their lives with battered wife syndrome, gaslighted and blamed and put down. So, they lack the courage to say something about the situation, scared to be blamed or being wrong. They won't even tell someone about their OWN abusive situation. I'm not saying what she did was right, but it still all goes down to the decades-long trauma that forced them to make such mindless decisions. I feel bad for everyone involved, except the son.
its easy for you to say that but no one's first thought is to call. shes in distress and hurt. she thought she just lost her son. why would she call. you could tell she was not in her right mind. She was described as inconsolable, she most likely thought his body was so burnt up that it was unrecognisable.
I really appreciate how you took the time to tell us every fireman's story and personality. You really honored the lives so pointlessly lost and it was truly beautiful. It's much easier to keep these souls in your thoughts and prayers when you can imagine the lives they led and the beautiful people they were in their short time. Thank you.
How emotional she gets during this video is extremely touching. Shows how much she puts into the research and each persons story. A truly amazing and inspiring story teller.
Thank you for honoring each man who risked their lives and died for their country. You delivered this with such grace, and I balled my eyes out with you. The quote “ And tears would spread into the rubble, but they would continue searching.” You said this for each firefighter, and it was incredibly beautiful. You’re an amazing person Stephanie. I love both you and your fiancé, you’re both beautiful souls.
All my respect for every firefighter that risks their life for our safety!! One of the hardest professions with the least rewards:(( The fact that their health insurance wasnt covered by the government!! Appalling!! Hopefully things have changed
Reminder to everyone who has respect for firefighters- dont just have respect for them from afar. Speak up with them. Donate to their stations. Go above and beyond for them just like they will for you if you ever need their help.
I know... my father was a firefighter before and my mom basically made an ultimatum for him to find another job, when she gave birth to third child (me). I remember him saying that payment was low, but he finds it's fair since he didn't have education and firefighters don't require to have one. He would always bring himself down because of it, though I find my dad one of the most hard-working and self-disciplined people in my life.
My soccer coach is a firefighter and I’m proud of her and I send her and her crew mates some goodies and blankets it’s the least I can do at the moment.
In my country, fire fighters are heroes. Poorly paid and rewarded though. Cat stuck in a tree, snake in your home, victim stuck in a car accident, bees/wasp nest on your porch...they handle everything when all other depts turn u away. Respect Abang Bomba (fire fighter bro)
The raw emotion in this video had me crying at work. Hearing your voice crack and all. I've been watching your videos over the last month, and you are one of the few who show enough emotion in your tellings to have me crying.
You know for a fact those that lost their firefighting brothers, probably still help to look after their families to this day. First responders and firefighters are some of the most passionate people I know.
The way Stephanie honors each fallen hero and humanize them is so beautiful. Then she verbalized the rage of the injustice and bad governance so evocatively - making her audience wanting to do better for this world. Such great work always, mango team - your family must be so proud 🥭
This one hit me really hard, I'm trying not to be a mess. My dad was a firefighter. I grew up in the firehouse with him and all his buddies. And now my brother works at the same station. They gave him our dad's badge number when he passed. Love to everyone who takes that oath and the families who support them ❤
Ngaww….. I am so sorry for your loss. Your father was obviously a great man and amazing father to be a hero and to have such an impact that your brothers chose to follow in his footsteps. You must be (& dam well should be) so proud to have been brought up along such strong, selfless hero’s. I know I would be! ❤
Crying so much bro.firefighters,doctors,nurses,police,paramedics,military,etc they’re all doing so much for us and they’re truly heroes saving lives everyday
I’m always at work trying to fight back tears while listening to these stories. I used to hate how sensitive I was, but now I’m embracing it more. The ability to feel feelings outside of yourself is a gift that I used to view as a curse.🥺🥺
As a nurse with firefighters for parents & sibling, this story touched me in a personal level. My dad has long passed away, my mom retired, and my brother new to the service. I just hope he’ll always be safe too.
“Tears fell down into the rubble, but the firefighters kept going.” Everytime she mentioned the same sentences made me sob even harder. Such a heart breaking story. I wish the best to the families and hope that they can cope with such terrible losses 🩷.
I had my dad watch this as he's a former volunteer firefighter here in the US. He said that does happen when there is a horrible tragedy: they will get updates from the hospital like that while clearing the rubble.
Please someone tell me if the owners of those illegally parked cars ever received ANY form of punishment? They were ALL complicit in manslaughter. There’s a REASON you’re not supposed to park in certain places!
Thank you so much for honoring the victims in this story and the other stories you tell. As a fan of true crime content, I admit that it's easy for me to become jaded and forget to appreciate the real people involved in these stories. But you always help me remember, because of they way you put so much love and compassion into your storytelling
She has become my favorite true crime channel, i don't see this type of empathy from anyone else. All the people I watch are respectful, but Stephanie is a rare one who can empathize with the victims to that level.
This is literally horrifying. Sending prayers to the firefighters who valiantly gave their lives and their families who surely miss them terribly. Like you were saying, people like that are just built different. To be so selfless even when it goes against your human nature to preserve yourself, to risk your lives like that for someone you’ve never met, even though you KNOW with certainty that the house is going to fall down. These are remarkable people, too good for this world.
I see many comments saying that you were “exaggerating” and “over dramatic” in this video, but i don’t understand. It’s so refreshing to see that a true crime channel actually has some emotion and gives a large portion of the video to speak about the people that passed. It’s lovely that you can hear you on the brink of tears, and that you took extra care on mentioning all of their personalities. They were people, real people. Hearing their stories isn’t exaggerating, and putting emotion in her voice isn’t being dramatic. Thank you Stephanie for bringing a story like this to light, and for showing how truly you cared about this case, especially because many often don’t. ❤️
Korea irritates my soul with their laws and corruption and the fact they take these men for granted sickens me. Every single car should’ve been charged with murder or accessories to murder and a fat fine. I’m outraged. 😤
I don't think it's a Korea problem, it's a worldwide problem. I'm from the United States, and I've never come across anything as corrupt as a local city government, and the number of vets living on the streets is horrifying.
Out of all the true crime videos I've seen, yours hit the hardest, because it's so clear that you care about the victims. Every time you start tearing up, I start tearing up too
I appreciate the choice of repetition “their sledgehammers would slam into the concrete”, “an alert would come in”, “hot tears would drop into the concrete”. It emphasizes the number of deaths. It gives individuality to the victims. Thank you! Remember the fallen.
the amount of emotions I felt watching this..the fact that Stephanie was on the verge of crying... I just hope every fire fighter no matter where they are, stays safe and I hope this incident never repeats.
I just absolutely love how you talk about them. You don't just focus on their death, but their lives, too. Talking about their families, their lives, their personalities, their intrests. This is exactly how to bring respect and remeberence to those who are no longer here. You have done these people great justice by telling their stories. I am only 2/3 through this video, and i think i may cry. Thank you so much for this.
My father is a retired firefighter. He managed to do it for 30 years and made it out, but I know some who didn't. This made me cry this morning but I love how much you tried to understand the fear we lived with as his family and the sacrifice he did.😊
What I love about you is you personify the victims so much so you tell their story with so much emotion. I can tell you really care about these people.
Fought tears through out the whole video. Heartbreaking, the picture in the wallet, still fighting fires together is what got me. Thank you for bring awareness and sharing their stories.
The buterfly effect is so cruel. Such an anfortunate situation... the illegally parked cars, the miscommunication and lack of staff and equipment very sad rest in peace to all the brave firefighters 😞
This almost made me cry. I hope firefighters get more respect not only in South Korea, but other places too. We take for granted the people who risk their lives for us. Rest easy, all the firefighter who passed in this incident. You guys were the most noble people I've seen in a while.
I was listening to the podcast last week and couldn't believe my ears when Stephanie said the firefighters were given raincoats instead of actual fireproof suits and equipment. RAINCOATS?? Just what the hell. I had to rewind to see if i heard correctly this is just unfathomable
my heart goes out to all the victims, families and the friends of ones. and the 5-year sentence is actually insane. a 32-year-old man took 6 LIVES and you're telling me he only got that?! truly unfair. praying to God that the fallen firefighters are now in a better place and that karma soon catches up to the son, his mother and all the people that didn't react while they had the possibility to do so.
The amount of goosebumps I have from Stephanie's story telling is unmatched! "Their sledgehammers would slam against the concrete, and an alert would come in." Omg...😢😢😢😢 the tears, man.
As someone who has been in an apartment building fire where I had to get rescued from the fifth floor… I watched as the roof collapsed on five firefighters, and I cannot even express the terror I felt in that moment for them. It was surreal. They all luckily survived after a trip to the hospital. I cannot fathom this situation. I owe my life to firefighters. They are the best of humanity.
22:19 this is one of many reasons why i love steph. She just doesnt tell a story, she feels and shows every emotion through each story, while putting her heart and soul into everything she does. Literally my favorite TH-camr. Also, everyone behind the scenes, you are all incredible in what you do. Its noticed.
Stephanie, you are one of the best story tellers I’ve ever heard. You put 110% of yourself into making sure you tell these victim’s stories, as fully, and accurately as humanly possible! It shows! You put your whole mind, and heart into it. It’s such an amazing way to honor the people you have covered. Thank you so much for that! I listen to you almost everyday. Or at least every day that I can. I cried with you honey. This is so heartbreaking. It just feels like everything that could be wrong was in this one. I ache for the families. I hope they’ve found some peace, and healing. I wonder if they received any compensation. It doesn’t sound like it….
this case seriously had me outraged... I could hear Stephanie's shaking voice even in the audio version I hope all the firefighters that risked their lives are at peace now
The way you tell these stories is always admirable. You bring so much compassion and emotion into them, and I can't help but have my heart hurt for these families. Thank you for bringing these stories to light.
I feel so bad for the six firefighters that died in that fire and their colleagues families and friends too they were husbands, brothers, sons and so many other things but their lives had to be lost for something that could be avoided and what's even more annoying is that the person who committed this crime only got five years in prison that's really messed up he knew exactly what he was doing especially when he didn't tell anyone in the house. Thank you Stephanie for informing us about this case❤️.
The raw emotion in her voice as she’s telling this horrific story is heartbreaking. It takes a lot to get me this angry, but every last person who COULD have made a difference and saved these men failed them. My heart goes out to the victims’ families; I truly hope they have found peace, and that conditions continue to improve so that this never happens again.
Firefighters are certifiably insane. They're also some of the most passionately committed, deeply empathic, devoted men and women you'll ever meet. Thank you for covering this.
This case and the way you are telling the story is so heartbreaking. Seeing the brother cries brought me to tears. I have so much respect for these heroes and I feel more than sad at the lack of recognition they are (were) going through and it make me feel some guilt at some point
Seeing how hard it is for you to just give us this information, really shows us how much care and respect for everyone who has sacrificed themselves for us.
I can’t help but compare the “rescuers” in the sewol tragedy and this story. The former did insufficient efforts while the latter went beyond to rescue someone. It’s infuriating. The world has lost these selfless firefighters due to the actions of others: the lack of government funding, the son who started the fire, the illegal parking citizens
Stephanie.. i have listened to every story you have shared however this is the one that got my crying. Respect for them all. The fire fighters are heroes that need to be recognised. 😢
i’ve been with you guys since the beginning, i can’t believe this is really happening. i pray for a happy happy life for you guys, as much as you DESERVE IT. i can’t put in words how much i love you guys!!!🤍i’m so proud of you.
these cases usually don’t make me very emotional but when you started talking about each fire fighter and what they were known for i literally started crying
i listened to this on spotify and it left me in tears and grief when the firefighters were named dead one by one and then their reaction to when the son was still alive. thank you for sharing cases like these from overseas!
Stephanie talks about every case like it happened to her. That's why I love listening to her. She puts the emotions into these cases, putting emphasis on the fact that these were real people and this isn't just a spooky story
Girlll the dedication you have to be preparing for your wedding while also posting for us. You’re incredible! Thank you for telling us these stories so compassionately.
Your story telling is nobel prize worthy. this is such a tragic case and the part that you utilize the repitition really brings home the time and energy that went into this horrible scenario
This one had me balling in tears. I am currently folding laundry and simultaneously using that laundry to cry into and wipe my tears. The one firefighter that compared doctor's to fire fighters and how he was honored that his job allowed him to sacrifice himself.... These men are the one's we all wish we were more like. My heart hurts for their families, especially the young children having to grow up without the vivid memories of their fathers...
OMG, I started sobbing when you read the statement from the little brother of one of the firefighters. Seeing him crying uncontrollably and telling his brother not to be a firefighter in heaven, but to get rest. That was gut wrenching and I don’t think I’ll ever forget this story.
This case is just incident after incident of cruelty and negligence. I genuinely have no words. I appreciate the respect you gave to each and every firefighter who sacrificed their life to save one person so much. The segment where you went through each one, said their name, and talked about them and how they were in life was heart wrenching and I could hear how much you cared in your voice. I respect you so much for the focus and respect you give to each and every victim in each case you talk about.
I lost my uncle a decade ago from cancer who was also a firefighter, and I can’t even imagine the times he has had to deal with this. We always say the firefighters prayer when we see a fire truck go by. I’ve never cried at any of your videos but because this one hit close to home.. 😢. ❤❤❤
"tears would fall into the rubble, their sledgehammers would slam against the concrete, and an alert would come in" This line is haunted my heart is in so much pain. These dads, sons, comrades, and heroes will be remembered.
5:03 - "The average wage of an American Firefighter is 4500$/m" "That's still not a lot!" Me - *googles frantically where I can get a job as a firefighter in the US* Meanwhile in my country, Croatia, the average firefighter is paid about 1300 Euros a month... Two completely different standards of living, but still.
Heard this story on your podcast the other day and my heart goes to the firefighters and their families. Made me cry so much! Truly they are heroes that deserve more considering the risks they are facing each day on their job.
As a kid with a firefighter for a dad, it's their personality. No matter how bad something is, they help. And they NEVER give up. It's unreal.
Tell your dad thank you for your service 🥰❤️
my dad is also a firefighter, which made this story so much harder to listen to tbh
your dad is a hero. we are very thankful for him, for existing and for his service 🤍
We thank your father for his service, I wish him the best life ❤
It can be terrifying when you realize you love someone like that. These guys kept shredding their bodies, when the only missing person was the son they didn't know the first thing about. It's technically, if not literally, insanity. But I guess that's why firefighters work together, they're constantly surrounded by people who are also willing to go that much further than the rest of us. Incidents like this one happen, but the odds of people getting hurt are so much lower than they would be if people like your dad weren't there. Tell him the internet says hi.
I cannot understand why the mother wouldn’t say anything when she realized her son was safe. That is horrific 🤦♀️
She probably felt extremely guilty by then and wanted the fire fighter to have a reason to why they were there in the first place. But overall the way the relative said it was just cruel.
she also probs didnt know till then
@@janny.line.lin3145I mean at least the relative said something, cruel or not. They might have kept digging for who knows how long
It could have been about saving face.
Some how I don’t think she knew. When you are afraid of your own child, you probably wouldn’t be looking for them. If she was at a neighbors, she probably had no idea what he had done or that he had left. Not sure though, because she was so adamant about finding him, thinking he was still in the house. Very confusing. But in any case, after he had admitted to setting the fire, he should have paid for it with life in prison. Don’t understand why so many countries don’t prosecute supposed mental health individuals! He knew what he did was wrong or he would not have fled and stayed at his uncles house. Doesn’t seem like he cared if his mother or anyone survived!!
The fact that firefighters get paid THAT MUCH LESS than doctors when they’re putting THEIR OWN LIFE in danger to save someone, makes me so sad.
Cause they don’t work every hr. Less education needed. Low skill . More risk yes.
@@MugenTJwdym they dont work every hour? She literally stated that they worked 120 hour weeks. Even doctors work less than that. And yes lesser education but risk should be paid equally, which is why construction workers get paid relatively well.
@@j800q I meant generally. In this case they were over worked.
This is our reality. Which is so sad. 😢
@@MugenTJmy siblings are firefighters. It is skill based, they are overworked. There are still high qualifications to be a firefighter. Don’t downplay it because you don’t need a degree there is still months of training. And again they’re risking their lives. Daily. They are traumatized daily.
Everything in this case disgusted me. The cars preventing the trucks to get to the house, the terrible working conditions, the lack of medical coverage, the lack of gear needed to protect these men. The fact the mother NEVER told them her son wasn’t there after she was given the information.. everything. I’m bawling
Agree, like I’m infuriated, annoyed, frustrated, everything. I can’t even.
Korea is so fked I left when I was a baby😉 money runs everything there and you can get away with all kinds of crimes unlike the US. How tf do u not find criminals in a country almost a quarter of Cali in size🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️plus too many selfish entitled ppl. Nice place to visit but not for living.
The fact that I’m 1000% sure that the neighbors heard the fire truck siren and no one got up to move their cars or to rally the neighbors to go door to door to move them. It’s sick sickening. My stomach dropped during the whole video.
@@KiwisAndAlpacasexactly, with so much commotion going on, all the sirens and lights you would have had to have known it was happening on your own street so to not even bother to move your car even AFTER the collapse and when there were thousands of firefighters literally digging by hand to find their fellow men, you have to be some kind of heartless, pig ignorant and evil to not bother to move your car that you had parked there illegally and that had already been partially to blame. It’s disgusting behaviour.
@@KiwisAndAlpacasalso the sad part is that the reason they probably didn’t come out and move them was probably most likely motivated my selfishness as they all knew that what they had done was illegal and probably did not want to be seen doing the drive of shame and knew if they were caught red handed there would be repercussions. They most likely chose their own selfish needs over the lives of those who would risk their lives for them in a heartbeat, it just beggars belief.
I can't explain how frustrated I am knowing about this case. Frustrated about the illegally parked cars, the messed up son who got away, the family members who didn't notify about the son being at his uncle's house, the government that didn't provide adequate safety equipments & underpaid the firefighters. My heart aches for these brave firefighters and their family.
I want to put this out there that it has nothing to do with your race or ethnicity. It has to do with these human beings being killed because of somebody else's stupidity. It breaks my heart and I don't care what country comes from and absolutely has me in tears and I just want everyone to know that 😢
@@sarasweightlossjourney1432 Yes, it has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. It's about how careless these parties were in this situation. I'm Asian and I do not care about what ethnicity was involved. What happened was injust and absolutely heartbreaking.
fr
P
I can y Emily de
The worst thing about this case is people died because of their compassion, determination and bravery. You can’t even try to call it stupidity because they knew full well what they were doing
The worst part are the people left behind, who stood proudly with those brave, selfless men.
For me is the fact ppl parked illegally that made this situation worse it pisses me of so much in tel Aviv you have lots of streets like that.
@@Zydraxis same. Fire lanes and other specialized parking exists for a reason, goddamnit. Anyone who uses these spaces for casual parking is a giant douche. If this is you, yes. You're also a giant douche.
What we need to do is create douchebag parking. Called VIP parking. Distraction parking that lures self-important, entitled dipshits away from important spaces and into the spaces they should be occupying to begin with.
"Are you more important than everyone else in existence? Welcome to VIP parking." And then we lead them up to level M or whatever. Where they belong.
Yeah. I was thinking it's sad that the firefighters died, but they did it willingly knowing the potential costs. Which just makes them really good people. What angers me is the mother lying about her son still being in the house, which caused the firefighters to lose their lives.
Rarely do we hear stories that have genuinely good people in them that want to make the world better. Now we have one of those stories and they die, because someone lied! It's infuriating
That last line you left us with,
He still carries a photo of them in his wallet and says "We're still fighting fires together guys".
That tore me. Thank you for sharing us their story so that firefighters would be recognised and remembered for their bravery and efforts.
The line made me actually cry
Me too!! I'm crying so much in pain for the families for their loss and specially the firefighters who dedicated their lives to save lives.. I cannot accept that the idiot mother and her son got away from this.. 😭😭😭😭
This was beyond maddening. People died because she didn't believe them when they told her they didn't see her son in the building. I hope she is happy now. She ruined a lot of lives.
I have seen a lot of people blaming the mother, yet I’ve still got to see a comment blaming the actual cause of the fire. The firefighters could barely see 2 feet ahead of them in a 2 story building, if there was a person there, it would be very likely that they wouldn’t have found him. It’s not the abused mother’s fault what her son did. She didn’t know that her son was there, and based on another person, this happened in the 2000’s where cell phones weren’t as prominent. His relatives should have told the firefighters that the son wasn’t there earlier. His mother should not be blamed for the death of 6 firefighters, imagine the trauma this left her regardless
It's automatic the son gets the full blame for the fire but there's also a lot of blame to be spread. It's sad he abused his mother but it doesn't diminish the fact that 6 firefighters died because she wouldn't believe them when they looked several times for her son. We can still feel bad for her but also upset and frustrated she didn't believe them. It's a trolley problem and we can talk about would've, could've, should've but it still doesn't take away the fact that 6 firefighters died and left their family and loved ones to grieve after them. Is saving one person worth 6 lives? Is one trauma worse than 6?
@@pt3033your reply EXACTLY
@@Emihasdreamstoo she begged them to go back in so yeah shes entirely responsible.
@@cedricdallaire3324because she thought her son was there dawg? anyone mother would beg for that, i don’t understand what you wanted her to do? just be like oh yea leave him? it was up to the firefighters to not go back in if they knew it was that dangerous, they risked their lives for the sake of others. just blame the idiots who parked the cars illegally, and the son. not the desperate mother asking for help, helping her was THEIR JOB. they wanted to do it
This is so sickening, the mother and son needs life in prison, I don’t care. The illegally parked vehicles needs to pay hefty fines for damages to the family of the victims, the government should be ashamed of themselves, if it was their houses on fire, they would care then because that’s how it always goes. First responders need to be treated better.
People who parked there shouldnt have their driver licens. they all shouldnt be able to drive one more day. And it sickens that people in this coments even defend them.
I haven’t cried over a case in so long but hearing her talk about how the firefighters kept on working after knowing their colleges died was absolutely heartbreaking
I literally started sobbing like this case is aggravating. It's pained me in every area and aspect. I can't stop crying
Innocent souls taken for nothing
i just about cried as well. so crushing. and that some firefighters died searching for the son who is an abuser and CAUSED the fire but he wasnt even there..
she's an incredibly talented story-teller.
too bad these are non-fiction.
I would literally grab this woman shake her, scream at her to get help for herself and disown her son... this is absolutely... I can't. My heart breaks for the firefighters and their families. That mother AND her disgusting excuse for a son should rot in jail.
That’s so real- If you think about it, the relationship between a parent and child hugely depends on the parent, what happened when raising the child that resulted in such bad arguments and domestic violence? Plus “mental health” i think the mother must also not be “normal” like there’s something up with the whole family including the relative who nonchalantly said that the son was at someone else’s house…
My grandma is like that and I can absolutely not stand it. Her son has been a problem child and she could never rain him in. By the time she realised what she was doing was wrong it was too late and now she prefers to live with the delusion that maybe if she "loves him enough and doesn't leave him" he would change. A drug abuser that spent years in prison for arson then when he came out of jail, thanks to his mother and enabler, he brutally beat my mum (his sister) in front of my little brothers. She still believes she could change him and wE sHouLd ForGive HIm. And I know more mothers like this. It genuinely disgusts me.
I feel like it wasn’t the mothers fault but the sons I also feel bad for the mother and all the firemen but still she could have known but it was mostly the mans fault
IF the mother knew her son wasnt in there, then yes.
@@cethj804it is possible that her husband was an abuser and the son saw that or that he had some serious mental health issues that she couldnt control, my son’s autistic & i wouldnt even put him in a hospital so i mean you can view it as her trying her best to get him help or her taking the easy way out and letting her son go to a hospital she shouldve known was likely abusive or negligent, then again, a lot of people still dont realize that & if he was violent with his disorder, it may have been all she could think to do,..
Hearing Stephanie's voice completely break with sadness and emotion as she talks about the firefighters shattered my heart...
It’s blows my mind how many evil, cruel, gruesome, disgusting “people” are in this world. My cousin was a front line firefighter who went to fight some of the biggest fires. He was sent to California a few years back when nearly the entire state was on fire. He has been sent all over the country since he’s front line, and he has some trauma from some of his buddies dying in fires, and he’s nearly lost his life a few times also. He’s saved so many people from burning buildings, houses, parks, etc. The pay was literally nothing, literally got no money at all for the very first year which is ridiculous and pathetic. These people are risking their lives to save others and can barely afford living costs.
For hero’s who save people deserve a special place in heaven and for psycho killers who end lives of these hero’s deserve a very horrific place in hell.
Romans 10:9 = Eternal life+
Please extend my gratitude and admiration for him.
@@NRIH144how about u memorize ur governor’s phone numbers while u memorizing these bible verses. jesus isn’t the one giving them funding.
Respect to all firefighters!
Sadly those serial killers getting their own Netflix Documentary.... instead of true real heroes
The mother is to blame along with the son. Her repeated demands pushed those firefighters to go back inside to save an ungrateful worthless human.
she didn't know tho? as a parent i think no matter how abusive your child is towards you you would still think of their health? atleast thats what my mom told me
@@lqvrv She didn't think to call him? I wouldn't blame the firefighters if they beat her up.
@@ulisesmontalvo9606 she wouldn't have demanded if she trough he wasn't in there. if you're sure somebody is in the building you wouldn't call then you would prioritize getting them out to safety. plus, what if he didn't have his phone on him? and beating her up is just violent. if she really thought he was in there her motherly instinct would be to beg the firefighters to go get him.
@@lqvrv OH yeah, even when the firefighters are TELLING you that the building will COLLAPSE???
An abusive son isn't worth the lives of 6 people.
Jail the mother!!
@@lqvrv The relatives joined her pretty early on. There is no way none of the relatives said anything while the mother was supposedly "in panic about her son".
She knew by then. She had to.
Don't you any of you watch the video in full?
I cried so hard watching this. My brother Sam was a firefighter here in Canada and I miss him every single day. He also passed away in the line of duty 3 days after he became a father to triplets. I am still crying as I type.
that is so sad. he was a hero. I'm so sorry for your loss, I hope his kids grow up proud of him.
May your brother's memory always be a blessing. May his children know that their father was a hero. May you and your loved ones find healing and peace.
I'm crying for you as well. My son is a police officer
31:40 "An alert would come in, this firefighter had died, tears would fall into the rubble and they'd keep going"
The way she repeated these words for the victims it felt like I was being read the most heartbreaking bedtime story ever. It's so sad that this happened 😢
That is exactly what I was thinking too
@@terrybaker5844 a long time ago one of my neighbors was a firefighter. I was too young to understand her fears, but I knew she was afraid whenever her dad was on duty and I get it now. This story is heartbreaking, I can't imagine how hard it was to grow up like this, worried your own father would be in a situation like this
Just how you worry if you marry a soldier or a cop... Doesn't mean it hurts any less when it happens..
RIP all those brave men and damn the owners of those stupid cars!
It literally kept going and I was hoping it would stop. I’m in tears 💔
Gave me chills. I kept thinking when will the alerts end, I can’t imagine how the firefighters felt at that moment
In Germany Firefighters aren't allowed to go in a building if it is collapses. its sounds hard but if the chances are too small to save another person they are not allowed to go inside. - this story is so shocking. it made me really sad
It does sound hard, but also realistic
Think there definitely should be boundaries for firefighting…one person sacrificing their life for another, is one thing
But many people dying to try and save one person who probably won’t survive the building collapsing, I don’t think that can be justified
But that’s easy to say when it’s not myself in a situation like that
Yeah, I watched the logistic of firefighter in USA, and they apparently have procedure to always have safety inspector on site that gets to assess the situation and decide if it's too dangerous to go in. That way, no one should be able to guilt trip the firefighters to abandon their safety.
In the US if the building starts showing signs of collapse, all firefighters are ordered by the chief to get out, so the protocol is similar to Germany's
My dad was a fire fighter too. It caused him to have severe asthma and heart problems. He passed away at 55 😢❤
honestly, one thing I love about Stephanie is how she discusses these stories, how you can see the tears form in her eyes, how emotionally connected she is - it shows how much investment she has in sharing these stories and delivering justice.
Yeah, you can hear her voice trembling when she was talking about all those firefighters working to move all that rubble and save the other firefighters☹️
I have to agree that Stephanie really brings the people’s stories to life. I think I first really noticed when she covered a nightclub fire just how emotionally invested she can get you.
absolutely. she's not flat and she cares about these people whose stories she tells
Yeah, I hate crying and started to feel so sad when her voice started trembling it made me feel so bad
“Tears dropped into the rubble but the firefighters kept going, their sledgehammers would slam into the concrete and an alert would come in” every time you said that sentence it hit harder
Each time she said that, I cried even harder!!!
@@mummyGoldStar so heart shattering i saw this video a while ago i still think about it
god stehpanie 35:09 , the way you’re describing the situation, the way you’re repeating your words for every single hero & describe this person, before telling us he was pronounced dead. Tears are falling from my eyes, so much pain in ur voice, it’s devastating
When the firefighters say "it's my job," they're not just saying "I dived into a fire because I get paid to." What they mean is "I signed up for this. I didn't just happen upon an unexpected situation, and suddenly have to make a choice. I'm here because I chose, long in advance, that I would do this when necessary in order to save lives."
Wow I have never heard of anything like this in my 29 years of my career 😢I’m a female paramedic firefighter and I feel such heartbreak to hear about this story. They will never be forgotten ! Brothers in Red , they will live on in the people they have saved and the love of their family and loved ones.. rest in peace my brothers in Red. First in and last out.
Oh my gosh….. I was shattered listening to this story but your comment just made me have to sit down & collect myself. It must be heartbreaking for other firefighters and people like you who work with them to hear of such a devastating tragedy. “First in, last out” just ripped at my heart. Thank you for your service as a paramedic and saving lives ❤ you guys are all angels.
thank you for what you do, you guys are truly admirable
Thank you for you heart and service you give everyday ❤ they will not be forgotten
thank you so so so much for your service ❤
@@SavannahVu1985aVFvdzfdDVDd
this story is a great example that true heroes exist but also true villains. my heart goes out to all the families and colleagues that lost a loved one.
I genuinely blame the mom as well. She couldn’t bother to call him!? She couldn’t call other family members!? She and her son should BOTH go to prison holy crap
Ikr! Sending them back in after they’ve searched it. They must’ve been gone for a while to look through the house. It’s sick to expect others to risk their life for strangers even if it’s their job! NOT FOR A FREAKING 3k WTH. She literally told them to go die if they can’t find her shitcrap of a son.
Are you dumb???
1. The person was panicked. Therefore, she wasn't thinking clearly. Especially panicked considering her last memory would be a fight.
2. How is an unconscious person going to pick up a phone? Again, assumptions kill people (looks at korean government). 🙄
3. Likely course of action would be the son/or someone who has seen the son, contacting HER (not the other way round). So the assumption was kind of reasonable, although she still should have called afterwards. I mean, 3 hours passed, how has she not called by this time.
Right like after she got the word that they didn’t find him family should’ve been the next option :/
I know many moms and wives like that. They lived their lives with battered wife syndrome, gaslighted and blamed and put down. So, they lack the courage to say something about the situation, scared to be blamed or being wrong. They won't even tell someone about their OWN abusive situation. I'm not saying what she did was right, but it still all goes down to the decades-long trauma that forced them to make such mindless decisions. I feel bad for everyone involved, except the son.
its easy for you to say that but no one's first thought is to call. shes in distress and hurt. she thought she just lost her son. why would she call. you could tell she was not in her right mind. She was described as inconsolable, she most likely thought his body was so burnt up that it was unrecognisable.
I really appreciate how you took the time to tell us every fireman's story and personality. You really honored the lives so pointlessly lost and it was truly beautiful. It's much easier to keep these souls in your thoughts and prayers when you can imagine the lives they led and the beautiful people they were in their short time. Thank you.
This why I love her storytelling. Its so in-depth making me cry and get angry like. So immersed like reading a book.
How emotional she gets during this video is extremely touching. Shows how much she puts into the research and each persons story. A truly amazing and inspiring story teller.
Thank you for honoring each man who risked their lives and died for their country. You delivered this with such grace, and I balled my eyes out with you. The quote “ And tears would spread into the rubble, but they would continue searching.” You said this for each firefighter, and it was incredibly beautiful. You’re an amazing person Stephanie. I love both you and your fiancé, you’re both beautiful souls.
All my respect for every firefighter that risks their life for our safety!! One of the hardest professions with the least rewards:((
The fact that their health insurance wasnt covered by the government!! Appalling!! Hopefully things have changed
Reminder to everyone who has respect for firefighters- dont just have respect for them from afar. Speak up with them. Donate to their stations. Go above and beyond for them just like they will for you if you ever need their help.
I know... my father was a firefighter before and my mom basically made an ultimatum for him to find another job, when she gave birth to third child (me). I remember him saying that payment was low, but he finds it's fair since he didn't have education and firefighters don't require to have one. He would always bring himself down because of it, though I find my dad one of the most hard-working and self-disciplined people in my life.
@@rezq9109lower education required doesn't make the job any less hard. Huge respect to your father.
My soccer coach is a firefighter and I’m proud of her and I send her and her crew mates some goodies and blankets it’s the least I can do at the moment.
In my country, fire fighters are heroes. Poorly paid and rewarded though.
Cat stuck in a tree, snake in your home, victim stuck in a car accident, bees/wasp nest on your porch...they handle everything when all other depts turn u away. Respect Abang Bomba (fire fighter bro)
The raw emotion in this video had me crying at work. Hearing your voice crack and all. I've been watching your videos over the last month, and you are one of the few who show enough emotion in your tellings to have me crying.
If it wasn’t for Stephanie , I would’ve never known about all these cases. Thank you for your hard work Stephanie!!:)
I love her and I appreciate her hard work in bringing us these cases. She is a sweetheart.
I second this!
Literally
hi fellow moa
hi moa 🫶
My husband has been a firefighter for over 30 years. It’s literally a brotherhood. They become family. It doesn’t matter what department they are in.
You know for a fact those that lost their firefighting brothers, probably still help to look after their families to this day. First responders and firefighters are some of the most passionate people I know.
The way Stephanie honors each fallen hero and humanize them is so beautiful.
Then she verbalized the rage of the injustice and bad governance so evocatively - making her audience wanting to do better for this world.
Such great work always, mango team - your family must be so proud 🥭
This one hit me really hard, I'm trying not to be a mess. My dad was a firefighter. I grew up in the firehouse with him and all his buddies. And now my brother works at the same station. They gave him our dad's badge number when he passed. Love to everyone who takes that oath and the families who support them ❤
Ngaww….. I am so sorry for your loss. Your father was obviously a great man and amazing father to be a hero and to have such an impact that your brothers chose to follow in his footsteps. You must be (& dam well should be) so proud to have been brought up along such strong, selfless hero’s. I know I would be! ❤
Crying so much bro.firefighters,doctors,nurses,police,paramedics,military,etc they’re all doing so much for us and they’re truly heroes saving lives everyday
Lol don't include the 🐷
@@00dreamer00 lol dont assume all cops are bad,only some are
@@BananasAndChickens good cop or not they're pigs and pls don't include them with the list of heros.
I’m always at work trying to fight back tears while listening to these stories. I used to hate how sensitive I was, but now I’m embracing it more. The ability to feel feelings outside of yourself is a gift that I used to view as a curse.🥺🥺
The gift of empathy❤
As a nurse with firefighters for parents & sibling, this story touched me in a personal level. My dad has long passed away, my mom retired, and my brother new to the service. I just hope he’ll always be safe too.
I'll keep him in my prayers thank you to your family for their service of helping people
Your family will be in my prayers. I pray that God’s angels watch over your brother, and that he remain safe in his work ❤ 🙏 God bless
“Tears fell down into the rubble, but the firefighters kept going.” Everytime she mentioned the same sentences made me sob even harder. Such a heart breaking story. I wish the best to the families and hope that they can cope with such terrible losses 🩷.
I had my dad watch this as he's a former volunteer firefighter here in the US. He said that does happen when there is a horrible tragedy: they will get updates from the hospital like that while clearing the rubble.
Please someone tell me if the owners of those illegally parked cars ever received ANY form of punishment? They were ALL complicit in manslaughter. There’s a REASON you’re not supposed to park in certain places!
Parking ticket worth about $600 usd is probably the worst punishment they got unfortunately 😞
Thank you so much for honoring the victims in this story and the other stories you tell. As a fan of true crime content, I admit that it's easy for me to become jaded and forget to appreciate the real people involved in these stories. But you always help me remember, because of they way you put so much love and compassion into your storytelling
100% agree
She has become my favorite true crime channel, i don't see this type of empathy from anyone else. All the people I watch are respectful, but Stephanie is a rare one who can empathize with the victims to that level.
These are the real life story, a real horror the world needs to learn about.
This is literally horrifying. Sending prayers to the firefighters who valiantly gave their lives and their families who surely miss them terribly. Like you were saying, people like that are just built different. To be so selfless even when it goes against your human nature to preserve yourself, to risk your lives like that for someone you’ve never met, even though you KNOW with certainty that the house is going to fall down. These are remarkable people, too good for this world.
5 years for 6 death, 2 serious injury, several minor injuries and a whole house is crazy.
That mom and son really should have been charged with 1st degree manslaughter 6 tiimes
I see many comments saying that you were “exaggerating” and “over dramatic” in this video, but i don’t understand. It’s so refreshing to see that a true crime channel actually has some emotion and gives a large portion of the video to speak about the people that passed. It’s lovely that you can hear you on the brink of tears, and that you took extra care on mentioning all of their personalities. They were people, real people. Hearing their stories isn’t exaggerating, and putting emotion in her voice isn’t being dramatic. Thank you Stephanie for bringing a story like this to light, and for showing how truly you cared about this case, especially because many often don’t. ❤️
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I didn't see any comment like that though.
@@christianayusuf1954exactly. It’s the total opposite. Everyone loves and appreciates her storytelling.
Those people who keep saying that about Stephanie. Completely lack empathy themselves.
Lol people are hating on her for being human?
I am hysterically crying while doing the dishes. You are a very talented storyteller. I am also sad about people. Very sad.
Korea irritates my soul with their laws and corruption and the fact they take these men for granted sickens me. Every single car should’ve been charged with murder or accessories to murder and a fat fine. I’m outraged. 😤
I don't think it's a Korea problem, it's a worldwide problem. I'm from the United States, and I've never come across anything as corrupt as a local city government, and the number of vets living on the streets is horrifying.
Not just Korea. Brazil is as probably even more corrupt.
@@ashleexannait’s a problem great in Korea
Charged with murder? Don't be stupid...
Out of all the true crime videos I've seen, yours hit the hardest, because it's so clear that you care about the victims. Every time you start tearing up, I start tearing up too
I appreciate the choice of repetition “their sledgehammers would slam into the concrete”, “an alert would come in”, “hot tears would drop into the concrete”. It emphasizes the number of deaths. It gives individuality to the victims. Thank you! Remember the fallen.
the amount of emotions I felt watching this..the fact that Stephanie was on the verge of crying... I just hope every fire fighter no matter where they are, stays safe and I hope this incident never repeats.
when she started crying i started crying...
You literally have a wedding and you’re posting 😭😭 the work you put in is crazy
One does not stop working just because one has a wedding. Income has to be made. Bills have to be paid.
This is the video from her podcast from July 9th. But still her posting a video right now is still awesome of her
She probably has them scheduled to release on certain days and times
Multitasking.
@@RawringReagan i think so too! Creating your long videos & editing even with a team of people is not easy. It’s a whole production process
I just absolutely love how you talk about them. You don't just focus on their death, but their lives, too. Talking about their families, their lives, their personalities, their intrests. This is exactly how to bring respect and remeberence to those who are no longer here. You have done these people great justice by telling their stories. I am only 2/3 through this video, and i think i may cry. Thank you so much for this.
My father is a retired firefighter. He managed to do it for 30 years and made it out, but I know some who didn't. This made me cry this morning but I love how much you tried to understand the fear we lived with as his family and the sacrifice he did.😊
thank you to you farther
My dad is a former volunteer firefighter. It is scary. Thank you to your father for his services ❤️
What I love about you is you personify the victims so much so you tell their story with so much emotion. I can tell you really care about these people.
Personalize*, not personify
This is why RottenMango is the only true crime I watch anymore. ❤
I don't know anyone else who can tell these kinds of stories while honoring the victims with so much love and respect❤
Fought tears through out the whole video. Heartbreaking, the picture in the wallet, still fighting fires together is what got me. Thank you for bring awareness and sharing their stories.
The buterfly effect is so cruel. Such an anfortunate situation... the illegally parked cars, the miscommunication and lack of staff and equipment very sad rest in peace to all the brave firefighters 😞
Butterfly*
Unfortunate*
@@evilangel2918 💀
@@evilangel2918girl, shut up.
@@evilangel2918💀
This almost made me cry. I hope firefighters get more respect not only in South Korea, but other places too. We take for granted the people who risk their lives for us. Rest easy, all the firefighter who passed in this incident. You guys were the most noble people I've seen in a while.
Agreed 👍🏾
That mother forcing those firefighters should live in guilt forever
the compassion and ability Stephanie has to empathize with the victims of these cases make me respect her so much
I was listening to the podcast last week and couldn't believe my ears when Stephanie said the firefighters were given raincoats instead of actual fireproof suits and equipment. RAINCOATS?? Just what the hell. I had to rewind to see if i heard correctly this is just unfathomable
I feel like that is even worse than nothing. Like wouldn’t that melt to your skin if it got hot enough?
@@nursenicole222Yes, it would.
@@nursenicole222My exact thoughts. 😢
my heart goes out to all the victims, families and the friends of ones. and the 5-year sentence is actually insane. a 32-year-old man took 6 LIVES and you're telling me he only got that?! truly unfair. praying to God that the fallen firefighters are now in a better place and that karma soon catches up to the son, his mother and all the people that didn't react while they had the possibility to do so.
The amount of goosebumps I have from Stephanie's story telling is unmatched! "Their sledgehammers would slam against the concrete, and an alert would come in." Omg...😢😢😢😢 the tears, man.
Yes! And the agony or hearing her say the same thing over 6 times😭 6 lives 😭😞
As someone who has been in an apartment building fire where I had to get rescued from the fifth floor… I watched as the roof collapsed on five firefighters, and I cannot even express the terror I felt in that moment for them. It was surreal. They all luckily survived after a trip to the hospital. I cannot fathom this situation. I owe my life to firefighters. They are the best of humanity.
Wow I don't see her break down that often.. you keep doing what you're doing, it's very important to learn these things.
22:19 this is one of many reasons why i love steph. She just doesnt tell a story, she feels and shows every emotion through each story, while putting her heart and soul into everything she does. Literally my favorite TH-camr.
Also, everyone behind the scenes, you are all incredible in what you do. Its noticed.
I’ve never cried during an episode before but I’m currently bawling my eyes out
Same and I'm so mad at the same time!
Stephanie, you are one of the best story tellers I’ve ever heard. You put 110% of yourself into making sure you tell these victim’s stories, as fully, and accurately as humanly possible! It shows! You put your whole mind, and heart into it. It’s such an amazing way to honor the people you have covered. Thank you so much for that! I listen to you almost everyday. Or at least every day that I can. I cried with you honey. This is so heartbreaking. It just feels like everything that could be wrong was in this one. I ache for the families. I hope they’ve found some peace, and healing. I wonder if they received any compensation. It doesn’t sound like it….
this case seriously had me outraged... I could hear Stephanie's shaking voice even in the audio version
I hope all the firefighters that risked their lives are at peace now
They're not 😢
The way you tell these stories is always admirable. You bring so much compassion and emotion into them, and I can't help but have my heart hurt for these families. Thank you for bringing these stories to light.
Your telling of this story ripped my heart out. You provided a beautiful tribute to these brave souls. Thank you. 😢
I feel so bad for the six firefighters that died in that fire and their colleagues families and friends too they were husbands, brothers, sons and so many other things but their lives had to be lost for something that could be avoided and what's even more annoying is that the person who committed this crime only got five years in prison that's really messed up he knew exactly what he was doing especially when he didn't tell anyone in the house.
Thank you Stephanie for informing us about this case❤️.
The way that she listed them individually and set the tone like that was very touching.
The line where the man talked about putting yourself in danger to save others just hit hard! 💔
Ikr 🙁 Noble and selfless act as firefighters 🚒
The fact that 6 people had to die for the government to offer still clearly inadequate funding for firefighters is just appalling
31:40 the repetition from here is so beautiful and emotional. The way Stephanie tells stories will always amaze me. I hope those firemen rest in peace
The raw emotion in her voice as she’s telling this horrific story is heartbreaking. It takes a lot to get me this angry, but every last person who COULD have made a difference and saved these men failed them. My heart goes out to the victims’ families; I truly hope they have found peace, and that conditions continue to improve so that this never happens again.
Watching you cry while you tell the story hurts my heart but makes me happy to see your heart fully into the story😭
If they were only going to give him 5 years for his mental health, then it should have been 5 years per firefighter lost.
And plus for the paralysed man, shoulder injury man, others with minor injuries digging the house, and the cost of the house and belongings too
Firefighters are certifiably insane. They're also some of the most passionately committed, deeply empathic, devoted men and women you'll ever meet. Thank you for covering this.
The line between insanity and bravery is very thin, and firefighters use it to secure themselves as they go back in to save one more life.
This case and the way you are telling the story is so heartbreaking. Seeing the brother cries brought me to tears. I have so much respect for these heroes and I feel more than sad at the lack of recognition they are (were) going through and it make me feel some guilt at some point
Seeing how hard it is for you to just give us this information, really shows us how much care and respect for everyone who has sacrificed themselves for us.
I can’t help but compare the “rescuers” in the sewol tragedy and this story. The former did insufficient efforts while the latter went beyond to rescue someone. It’s infuriating. The world has lost these selfless firefighters due to the actions of others: the lack of government funding, the son who started the fire, the illegal parking citizens
Stephanie.. i have listened to every story you have shared however this is the one that got my crying. Respect for them all. The fire fighters are heroes that need to be recognised. 😢
I am extremely outraged at this story. The incompetence of everyone is making me so mad.
i’ve been with you guys since the beginning, i can’t believe this is really happening.
i pray for a happy happy life for you guys, as much as you DESERVE IT.
i can’t put in words how much i love you guys!!!🤍i’m so proud of you.
Sure you were lmao
@@DrivableNote hahahaha like i have to prove myself to you☠️
@@DrivableNote 🤨
@@DrivableNote😐
@@DrivableNote
these cases usually don’t make me very emotional but when you started talking about each fire fighter and what they were known for i literally started crying
i listened to this on spotify and it left me in tears and grief when the firefighters were named dead one by one and then their reaction to when the son was still alive. thank you for sharing cases like these from overseas!
You told this story with such honor and respect. Not just sharing the photos of the fire fighters, but a little about their lives.
Stephanie talks about every case like it happened to her. That's why I love listening to her. She puts the emotions into these cases, putting emphasis on the fact that these were real people and this isn't just a spooky story
Girlll the dedication you have to be preparing for your wedding while also posting for us. You’re incredible! Thank you for telling us these stories so compassionately.
This is the earliest I been!! Hi Stephanie and Stephiancé!! Love yall 💌!
Puke
Your story telling is nobel prize worthy. this is such a tragic case and the part that you utilize the repitition really brings home the time and energy that went into this horrible scenario
This one had me balling in tears. I am currently folding laundry and simultaneously using that laundry to cry into and wipe my tears. The one firefighter that compared doctor's to fire fighters and how he was honored that his job allowed him to sacrifice himself.... These men are the one's we all wish we were more like. My heart hurts for their families, especially the young children having to grow up without the vivid memories of their fathers...
OMG, I started sobbing when you read the statement from the little brother of one of the firefighters. Seeing him crying uncontrollably and telling his brother not to be a firefighter in heaven, but to get rest.
That was gut wrenching and I don’t think I’ll ever forget this story.
I have hardened up and haven’t allowed myself to cry. When I watch you and you break down I feel safe crying too. Thank your just being you.
This case is just incident after incident of cruelty and negligence. I genuinely have no words. I appreciate the respect you gave to each and every firefighter who sacrificed their life to save one person so much. The segment where you went through each one, said their name, and talked about them and how they were in life was heart wrenching and I could hear how much you cared in your voice. I respect you so much for the focus and respect you give to each and every victim in each case you talk about.
As a firefighters daughter. Their colleagues are family, it is a brotherhood. The closest relationships you will ever witness.
This is the most ive ever cried at a story. Firefighters are so selfless and incredible. These men are absolutely amazing people, and real life heros.
Your empathy and compassion is why I watch these, and I am sure the family's who may see this will appreciate you for it as well.
I lost my uncle a decade ago from cancer who was also a firefighter, and I can’t even imagine the times he has had to deal with this. We always say the firefighters prayer when we see a fire truck go by. I’ve never cried at any of your videos but because this one hit close to home.. 😢. ❤❤❤
"tears would fall into the rubble, their sledgehammers would slam against the concrete, and an alert would come in" This line is haunted my heart is in so much pain. These dads, sons, comrades, and heroes will be remembered.
5:03 - "The average wage of an American Firefighter is 4500$/m"
"That's still not a lot!"
Me - *googles frantically where I can get a job as a firefighter in the US*
Meanwhile in my country, Croatia, the average firefighter is paid about 1300 Euros a month... Two completely different standards of living, but still.
Heard this story on your podcast the other day and my heart goes to the firefighters and their families. Made me cry so much! Truly they are heroes that deserve more considering the risks they are facing each day on their job.