A person should be judged by their actions, not the outcome of the action. If this dude killed your mother/sister/daughter/<insert loved one here> doing what he was doing, you probably wouldn't be defending him now. So yeah, I tend to agree, this was a really stupid and selfish action. Just because he died in the event doesn't make me feel sorry for him. But I do regret his family's loss.
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