Not a bad way to be remembered.(via)
While airing a story about an Australian teen who died tragically, a news station accidentally honored him in a fantastic way by displaying a picture of him throwing "the shocker" along with three grinning girlfriends. It seems that no one working on the segment for 9news was aware that one of the shots they were using featured the international symbol for "two in the pink, one in the stink." Or maybe they were, and believed that James Teague, the smiling teen, might get a kick out of it.
Teague had been drinking heavily while in New Zealand on a ski vacation with friends when he fell from his hotel balcony.
Teens dying is a horrible, but it happens. And when it gets reported on, the stories always include pretty typical photos -- smiling with the folks, an ugly Christmas sweater, and usually at least one shot of the kid sulking on a couch and rocking a regrettable haircut you just know they would be horrified by.
In this case, intentional or not, 9news turned what could've been an all-too common tribute to a teen who died into a viral memorial about a guy who had a good time during the time he lived. I guarantee any 19-year-old boy would rather by remembered as the grinning dude throwing a freaky sexual sign with three lady friends than as a kid who once held a fish on a hook.
(by Jonathan Corbett)