Olympic Luger

By now I am sure everyone has heard of the tragedy that happened at the Olympics. A luger died, while doing a practice run of the course, when he lost control of his sled and was thrown from it at a high speed into poles. The reason I know so much as to what happened, is because you can find this video of his death on the internet, and it was shown on television. It makes me wonder why this clip is being made public. It was known before the clip was aired that this luger did in fact die, so it's not like he was in the hospital with a chance to live and this video was being shown just to show what happened, no this video was a video of his death.

I thought the media would not show something like this, whether they were allowed to or not. You have to think about the victim and the victim's family and friends. Do you think they would want to see the horrific video of their relative's death? I know I sure as hell wouldn't. The incident reminds me of when Owen Hart, of World Wrestling Entertainment, died at a live pay per view event, when a bungee stunt went wrong. The chord broke and Owen fell from the rafters, breaking his neck on impact. He was worked on by medical staff but was pronounced dead later in the broadcast. The thing about that incident though is it has never been shown on television or online. They did the right thing by keeping it away from the public eye. I just feel like it is ultimately an invasion of privacy. I know these atheletes and stars know what they are getting themselves into, and know cameras will be on them a majority of the time, but to show a man's death is just flat out wrong.