Pair encouraged autistic man to plunge in icy ocean

[KamaAina]

http://www.app.com/story/news/local/monmouth-county/hot-topic/2015/03/25/autistic-howell-teen-dared-plunge-manasquan-jetty/70445440/

Parker Drake thought he was going to drown.

Battered by waves off Manasquan, in frigid water over his head, the 19-year-old autistic, diabetic Howell man struggled to make it back to shore — all the while two other young men laughingly taped him with a cell phone as he fought to stay alive.

The men, Drake said, had egged him into accepting a dare on Feb. 25: Plunge into the icy waters of the Atlantic in Manasquan and stay there for a minute, in exchange for $20 and two packs of cigarettes.

Drake took the dare, but it almost cost him his life. The pair took him onto a jetty and told him to jump. Once in the icy water, his insulin pump froze. Drake said he's still not sure how he made it back to shore.

[marym625]

1. Sometimes

Just sometimes, the cruelty of some humans makes me wish for a punishment I abhor

[linuxman]

2. What punishment would that be

in this case?

[marym625]

3. It was just an initial reaction.

I was thinking about physical punishment. Like a tit for tat.

I just don't understand cruelty. I cannot wrap my head around it.