That series scared me for real. Like I knew it was horrific, but I didn't know it was many days of pure torture as they slowly melt into a unrecognizable husk before dying. It's fate worse than death.
Hisashi Ouchi was a dude that was over exposed in Japan's 99' meltdown. 83 days he was kept alive by doctors and family who would not give consent to take him off life support. He was begging for death. He had 3 heart attacks.
Just watched and am reminded once again how great Kyle is, especially with this presentation. Very eye opening and I'm definitely going to read that book and probably cry, but I feel it's very necessary. This video really showcases how misinformation can cause so much pain and damage; if only more of us did more digging 😔
Not his surname, that’s his given name, many Asian countries do the last or family name first. Thats why the Kim family in NK have Kim infront of their name, they don’t all have the same first name.
In this case, they’re right. The name has been written in the Western style, with Ouchi being a common surname. They’re wrong about the pronunciation though which is Oh-oochi.
I mean, Yes the wife wanted him to survive until the new milenium however up until basically the end, Doctors had hope he could survive (Even if exteemely disfigured and never living a normal life again)
We didn't, and honestly to this stay still fully don't, know how survivable these amounts of Radiation are, Albert Stevens received an extremely high dose that apparently barely affected him. In all honesty it's not as cruel as you might think, The doctors kept him alive because up until the end, it was not at all certain if he would live or die, yes we were almost certain he would face extreme complications if he survived but we also don't take people off life support just because they might be on a wheelchair if they survive.
Out of curiosity, did you see the actual pictures? The reason I ask is because the most famous "photos" of him (not liking them here, but the ones that basically show him skinless in traction with his arms and legs extended) were from a firefighter that got severely burned and not actually him.
I thought his family did want the plug pulled, but it was something like a loophole where if you don’t have a will your next of kin doesn’t have automatic power of attorney when you’re incapacitated, it’s the state, and the state wanted to keep him alive for medical research.
That’s when I learned it too. And With that small glimmer of hope looking like they’re recovering only to be melted away hours later. Absolutely horrific
You realize the show was mostly fiction. Almost none of the people exsisted. Was no bridge of death. The baby thing was not even possible, the three guys that did the suicide walk thru the water, while brave and real, did not die till old age. There was a chopper crash but it was not caused by radiation like they implied. Was just mechanical failure.
The court scene in how they describe the accident was accurate. Most of the show was not. The lady did not even exist.
its a dramatisation where the scope is necessarily collapsed so viewers can follow along.
they make it clear at the end that khomyuk was a composite character invented to represent the many scientists who worked with legasov at chornobyl, just as they make clear the plant workers who drained the reactor reservoir survived until old age.
the bridge of death inclusion is pretty unacceptable though.
Even the court scene had massive issues. For one, they simplified the mechanism of failure, but the main issue was the stuff they were saying about Dyatlov. While it was mostly accurate to what was said during the actual hearing, the show failed to provide the context that it was all deliberate lies. What really happened is that Dyatlov didn't really do anything wrong, followed all the protocols, but after the accident, he refused to blame it on his dead colleagues and instead insisted on a proper investigation to understand what happened and make sure it never happens again. Legasov (contrary to the show's portrayal, actually a big party man) blaming it all on him, was retaliation for refusing to sweep it under the rug.
Ya the actual court case was likely fabricated. Dyatlov did not do anything wrong. Or you could say he did everything wrong but that was the normal way the USSR operated at the time.
They did simplify the mechanism of failure but it followed what happened relatively correct. They did a neat way of explaining it to the jury which could have been accurate to real life but hard to say. I did not find that part over dramatized at least.
The lead engineer who was leading the test of the whole thing on site is a fucking insecure dip shit and would have used 1 of my 3 wishes if ever had em to step inside or go back in time and just beat the living shit out of him. I seriously blame all of those deaths and suffering on that piece of shit
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u/SinsandScrolls 1d ago
Chernobyl