Is a Wii worth dying for?  

This is very sad. May be she never think that she can die of that. How someone can go to that extant to win a WII game system!

I read about this on CNN. How awful. She must have really drank a lot. The contest was called "Hold Your Wee for a Wii". Tacky!! I smell a lawsuit brewing...

Wow, that's scarry as well as very sad. I didn't even know there was such a thing as water intoxication. I've heard of kids dying because of beer drinking competitions at frat parties. They usually close down the fraternity houses when that happens. I think there should be some charges brougtht against the radio station.

I think the radio station were completely irresponsible in holding this competition. It's the most ridiculous thing I've every heard of. It's a well known fact that "holding" your waste products like that can have detrimental effects to your health. Obviously there were no doctors consulted before running this competition.

I feel extremely sorry for her family and children. It's a dreadful thing to happen.

That is sad and crazy at the same time. I wish more new about what can happy from consuming too much water but I hate to hear that people are now aware of this happening because they read about it actually happening to someone that was trying to win a game for their children.

I remeber hearing about that. I bet the radio station feels so bad. You never think something like that could happen. I guess radio stations need to check and make sure these things are safe before conducting them.

Larry KIng had this story on his show the other night. He played some clips from the radio show and the DJ's were joking that somwone could die from drinking too much water. They also had the "winner" of this ridiculous contest. What a sad story!

Oh my gosh :( I am certain that the radio station itself never even considered this happening, or they would never have held the competition. I didn't even know that it was possible to die from drinking too much water :( That is really, really sad. I think that her family should be given a huge amount of compensation and her kids should each be given a WII, not that it is going to comfort them in the time of losing their mother :( Anyway, no. No material possession in the world is worth dying for. Dying to save someone whom you love is one of the few things that I see as worth dying for. Certainly not dying for a game system. Not that this poor woman had any idea that she was in danger by entering this contest :(

It's a really sad story. She just wanted to do something really cool for her kids. I had never even heard of water intoxication before all this happened. It's just too bad that the kids had to lose their mother over a stupid radio contest. And then, they didn't even get the game system! I heard that they're suing the radio station for wrongful death. Ten people have been fired from the station as well. There are audio tapes that show that the djs were warned by a nurse that people could get really sick and even die and the djs just kinda blew it off. They said that the contestants signed a release, so it's OK. It's not Ok though. Three children are now having to live without their mother. It's just really sad.

That is just too terrible. I cannot believe that it actually happened. I did know of water intoxication, but I am trying to understand the magnitude of water that they drank, because I always thought that it would have to be a whole lot, for someone to actually die from. It is just unbelievable. This is going to become a crazy case, and it will serve as a warning for future competitions. In fact, I would not be surprised if certain states pass laws in the future to prevent this in the future. For sure, the radio stations are going to be more careful.