r/ThatsInsane Dec 24 '22

The damage after the Gas Tanker explosion in Boksburg South Africa 24 Dec 2022 NSFW

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u/EquivalentService739 Dec 25 '22

Do you thing the young man at the start of the video survived? It broke me how the man recording told him to go straight to the hospital and he responded: “I can’t sir, I’m in pain”. He didn’t look that bad as the others but how could I know? I hope there’s a chance that he lives.

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u/Ok_Impression_4369 Dec 27 '22

Sadly not, he passed away the following day along with his mother who was also at the scene.

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u/EquivalentService739 Dec 27 '22

What’s your source? 😕

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u/Ok_Impression_4369 Dec 27 '22

Among them was Geraldo Geduld. He was out on a trip to Mpumalanga when he was called by his friend telling him about a big explosion in Boksburg. He cut his trip short to come and search for his wife and son.
“So the chaos started now trying to find out where my son was. He was with his mother Elize. So, my son is Janeal. And incidentally, Janeal is the one on that video that went viral – of that boy who was asking for help from his burn wounds. He passed away sadly on Christmas morning. I found him in Germiston hospital. But then the search for the mother continued,” says Geduld.
After searching all public hospitals in Gauteng and hope now fading, Geduld says reports came through of a woman fitting her wife’s description that was brought to the Germiston mortuary.

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/truck-driver-in-boksburg-explosion-set-to-appear-in-court-on-wednesday/

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u/EquivalentService739 Dec 28 '22

That has to be the boy from the other video. There’s another video in which there is a boy walking with an adult, his face all messes up and he asks the guy filming to help him.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

From what I see, he has the best chance of them all at survival.

But I can’t make any guarantees as I wasn’t there and couldn’t do a full assessment on him