The deadly Swiss fire tragedy at Le Constellation should be a reminder to put the phone down
Pics or it didn’t happen, as they say, meaning if you don’t capture a moment in photos or video and then share it online, what’s the point? We’ve written extensively on the growing societal obsession with phones and social media, specifically in regard to young people, pointing to both the short- and long-term harms this problem causes. Anxiety, depression, learning loss, isolation. But on New Year’s Eve, a tragedy in Switzerland forced a harder look at what happens when danger and distraction collide. A fire tore through the crowded Le Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana in the early hours of Jan. 1. The BBC reported that many victims were very young, between 15 and 25 years old. The authorities say that about 40 have died and more than 100 people are injured, with many being treated for severe burns. Officials are frantically trying to connect loved ones with news. One eyewitness said, “People came out burned, their clothes were burned, stuck to them. They were in a terrible state.” Beatrice Pilloud, the Valais attorney general, said investigatWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times
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