Submitted by Spencer (not verified) on Sun, 2007-10-07 09:55.
Well lets see, its easy to post judgement and presume that it is fake.
However, from the video the chest compressions that they were doing on him can ONLY be done on somebody who has no heartbeat or rhythm. Doing these on a healthy person will interrupt the heartbeat and cause heart failure thus killing the person anyway; this proves that he was actually dead whilst laying on the ground.
Secondly, when the camera panned around his body laid on the floor, a close up of his eyes showed his pupils fixed and dilated. This indicates there was no brain activity either, proving he was dead.
Now we have to question the validity of the footage and the timescale involved in it. The time he was supposed dead, was around 4 minutes. A regular healthy person could survive from 4 minutes of chest compressions and aided breathing. So the video may show that the guy was dead by means of no heart rhythm or consciousness, but not brain dead (where damage has been done by lack of oxygen to such a degree that a recovery is not physically possible)
Although the first parts of the video I believe to be true, what follows with the “priest” or holy man attempting to resurrect the guy, i personally find insulting. This is clearly an act.
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Well lets see, its easy to post judgement and presume that it is fake.
However, from the video the chest compressions that they were doing on him can ONLY be done on somebody who has no heartbeat or rhythm. Doing these on a healthy person will interrupt the heartbeat and cause heart failure thus killing the person anyway; this proves that he was actually dead whilst laying on the ground.
Secondly, when the camera panned around his body laid on the floor, a close up of his eyes showed his pupils fixed and dilated. This indicates there was no brain activity either, proving he was dead.
Now we have to question the validity of the footage and the timescale involved in it. The time he was supposed dead, was around 4 minutes. A regular healthy person could survive from 4 minutes of chest compressions and aided breathing. So the video may show that the guy was dead by means of no heart rhythm or consciousness, but not brain dead (where damage has been done by lack of oxygen to such a degree that a recovery is not physically possible)
Although the first parts of the video I believe to be true, what follows with the “priest” or holy man attempting to resurrect the guy, i personally find insulting. This is clearly an act.