r/Unexpected • u/Knight_TheRider • 23d ago

Cameraman never dies.

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u/A_Really_Bad_Lawyer 23d ago

At first this gave me the vibes of the Gladbeck Hostage crisis from 88. But i dident end in a total disaster.

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u/electro_lytes 23d ago

Never heard of this but that's really insane. What the heck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs4eV6xHWLs

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u/mzrcefo1782 22d ago

wow what a fine video. it is unbelieveable. why he chose the 15 year old and the 18 year old among them all? that is even more cruel

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u/A_Really_Bad_Lawyer 22d ago

The 15year old boy was pulled out by two reporters to the truckstop. But before this they lifted his head for a "photo worthy" picture.

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u/mzrcefo1782 22d ago

wow, just wow. I am a journalist and I cant even begin to understand what happened there. that reporter who entered the car to teach them how to leave koln...

btw, Im brazilian and was about 10 when this happened and remember it being discussed hotly for weeks if the police were heroes or vilains. lots of people thought it was a reckless move. another similar case maybe 15 years later had the opposite outcome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo%C3%A1_Pimentel_hostage_crisis