Navid Sepehri ( Walt Whitman High School Teen 17 )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's why we have the Anonymous website Http://www.saysomethingfornav.com

There is no such thing as an truly anonymous when it comes to electronic surveys. You can track IP addresses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's why we have the Anonymous website Http://www.saysomethingfornav.com

There is no such thing as an truly anonymous when it comes to electronic surveys. You can track IP addresses.

Use one in a public place. The Bethesda YMCA has one in their lobby for public use, for instance.

[Anonymous]

The kids need to get honest here, IMO. -NP

[Anonymous]

The poor kid wrangled alchohol and then poisoned himself. Doesn't seem too complicated. It sounds like he passed out trying to walk home. What's the big mystery?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The poor kid wrangled alchohol and then poisoned himself. Doesn't seem too complicated. It sounds like he passed out trying to walk home. What's the big mystery?

The big mystery is why his "friends" left him in this state. In my book, that is negligence. Failing to help someone in danger. Call it what you will, it's not right. Someone should have called any of the parents to tell them that this teen should not be by himself.

[Anonymous]

What a devastating loss for the family. I grew up in MoCo, had a fake ID, and went to lots of drinking parties... 20+ years ago. I looked out for my two best friends and they for me, but beyond that, anyone’s at those parties could’ve ended up in Navid’s shoes. I’m not so sure the parents will get any satisfactory answers here... it’s possible everyone was just drunk and the end of the night was blurry and no one was keeping an eye out for their son. I can think of dozens of nights like that in my high school days. I don’t know to this day how some parties ended and where people went. It’s just pure luck nothing bad happened to any of us back then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The poor kid wrangled alchohol and then poisoned himself. Doesn't seem too complicated. It sounds like he passed out trying to walk home. What's the big mystery?

The big mystery is why his "friends" left him in this state. In my book, that is negligence. Failing to help someone in danger. Call it what you will, it's not right. Someone should have called any of the parents to tell them that this teen should not be by himself.

Because they were in the same state? Because he didn't seem as impaired as he was? Because they may not have much experience being drunk? Because he drank more on his way home (since he had the bottle with him)? Because he said he would walk rather than get in the uber? I can think of lots of reasons.

And are you going to sue a 17 year old for negligence? To what end?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The poor kid wrangled alchohol and then poisoned himself. Doesn't seem too complicated. It sounds like he passed out trying to walk home. What's the big mystery?

The big mystery is why his "friends" left him in this state. In my book, that is negligence. Failing to help someone in danger. Call it what you will, it's not right. Someone should have called any of the parents to tell them that this teen should not be by himself.

It's entirely possible all his friends were in the same state and not in any shape to look out for him. Maybe he just left and everyone was too drunk to notice or react. Sure, it's possible his friends just left him, and I understand the desire to hold someone responsible, but as someone who drank lots in high school, it's pretty easy to picture a scenario where people really aren't 100% sure what happened. I remember walking home quite drunk at 16 from parties that were anywhere from down the street to a few miles from home, after most others at the party either left or had passed out. If something had happened to me, I'm not sure anyone would've been able to tell my family what took place beyond me attending the party, drinking, and leaving at some point. We were just stupid and irresponsible teenagers who didn't understand how much danger we were placing ourselves in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The poor kid wrangled alchohol and then poisoned himself. Doesn't seem too complicated. It sounds like he passed out trying to walk home. What's the big mystery?

The big mystery is why his "friends" left him in this state. In my book, that is negligence. Failing to help someone in danger. Call it what you will, it's not right. Someone should have called any of the parents to tell them that this teen should not be by himself.

Yeah, you don't know anything about being a teenager and there is no legal requirement to help anyone else - moral maybe but not legal. These kids will feel badly about this for the rest of their lives. Your Monday morning quarterbacking is not helpful. They should tell the family all they know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The poor kid wrangled alchohol and then poisoned himself. Doesn't seem too complicated. It sounds like he passed out trying to walk home. What's the big mystery?

The big mystery is why his "friends" left him in this state. In my book, that is negligence. Failing to help someone in danger. Call it what you will, it's not right. Someone should have called any of the parents to tell them that this teen should not be by himself.

Teenagers think they are so old and independent. They don't think of themselves as little weak children. They think they can handle a party without dying. Death doesn't even register as a legitimate worry among teenagers. A neighborhood party is not a dangerous situation where male teen friends need to be "watching out" for each other.

[Anonymous]

My heart breaks for Navid and his family. I am sure his friends wish they acted differently that night but let's not blame them. Obviously Navid had even more bad judgement. My teen has too, more than once. None of it makes any of us bad people. But please tell the family what you know if you have not already. The aching to know what happened must be all consuming. So sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The poor kid wrangled alchohol and then poisoned himself. Doesn't seem too complicated. It sounds like he passed out trying to walk home. What's the big mystery?

The big mystery is why his "friends" left him in this state. In my book, that is negligence. Failing to help someone in danger. Call it what you will, it's not right. Someone should have called any of the parents to tell them that this teen should not be by himself.

Yeah, you don't know anything about being a teenager and there is no legal requirement to help anyone else - moral maybe but not legal. These kids will feel badly about this for the rest of their lives. Your Monday morning quarterbacking is not helpful. They should tell the family all they know.

Kind of like his family is trying to Monday morning quarterback?

I'm sure he was a good kid, and he did something stupid, just like most boys did at that age (including myself). This mistake ended up with tragic consequences, and it's awful. However, it appears the only one who deserves blame here is the boy himself. He had 2 fake IDs on him, as well as alcohol. He had a nice car at his disposal, but chose to leave it at home and walk to the party that day -- probably being responsible about not driving drunk.

Who would be to blame? The alcohol sellers? He had an ID to prove his age (albeit fake). The party hosts? He was an uninvited guest and no alcohol was allowed in their house. His friends? I'm sure he told them he'd just get home on his own, and he didn't live that far away considering he walked there to begin with.

[jsteele]

The family here is simply asking for information about their son and has provided a means of conveying that information. If you can help the family, please do. It is really sad that a simple request for information has been contorted into something terrible and I'm going to lock the thread.

Again, if you can help this family, please do so.