9-year-old dies in viral ‘blackout challenge’ horror as parents demand accountability: 'It's life or death'

A Texas miss has died aft accidentally strangling herself portion partaking successful the viral "blackout challenge," arsenic her household is speaking retired to pass different families of the unsafe inclination sweeping societal media. 

JackLynn Blackwell, 9, was killed aft she choked herself successful the backyard of her family’s Stephenville location connected Feb. 3, according to CBS News. 

"She goes retired to play similar she ever does, retired successful the yard. I noticed it’s benignant of quiescent — quieter than it should’ve been," her father, Curtis Blackwell, told the outlet arsenic helium described the infinitesimal helium recovered his lifeless daughter.  

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JackLynn Blackwell, 9, was killed aft she choked herself successful the backyard of her family’s Stephenville location connected Feb. 3, according to CBS News.  (Lacy Funeral Home)

"Then I saw her benignant of astir the country that goes to the carport, saw her hair. I said, ‘JackLynn!’ I thought she was bending implicit playing ’cause she was ever successful that country playing, but she wasn’t playing."

The begetter rapidly went to cheque connected his daughter, who was recovered motionless with a cord wrapped astir her neck.

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JackLynn Blackwell was killed portion participating successful the viral "blackout challenge" circulating connected societal media, according to reports. (iStock)

"I tried to bash everything I could to prevention her," Curtis Blackwell told the outlet. "I got her disconnected the cord. I tried to springiness her CPR until the archetypal responders got there. It was the astir terrifying, shocking happening I’ve ever seen."

The incidental unfolded aft JackLynn showed her grandma a video of the online situation successful which children and teens movie themselves intentionally being choked to the constituent of blacking retired oregon experiencing a euphoric "high," according to CBS.

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JackLynn Blackwell died successful the backyard of her family’s Stephenville, Texas location – located astir 70 miles from Fort Worth. (iStock)

"It was horrible to spot my girl successful specified a susceptible authorities due to the fact that of thing truthful senseless."

In airy of their daughter’s tragic death, JackLynn’s parents are slamming societal media companies for allowing specified unsafe videos to circulate connected their platforms, CBS reported.

"It’s not a joke, it’s not a game, it’s beingness and death," Curtis Blackwell said, according to the outlet.

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"Most of the kids are similar 9 years aged to 14 years old. A batch of kids her age, their brains aren't afloat developed, and they are precise easy influenced."

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Approximately 80 children person died from the online trend, according to the CDC. 

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Several societal media companies are reportedly blocking videos related to the deadly situation oregon issuing warnings to viewers who hunt for related keywords.

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However, the warnings are excessively precocious for JackLynn’s grieving parents, who are looking to clasp societal media companies accountable for the videos posted to their platforms. 

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"You could cheque connected your kid, it could beryllium kid-friendly videos, and past 3 minutes aboriginal it could beryllium wholly thing acheronian due to the fact that of the algorithms they commencement creating," Curtis Blackwell told CBS. "There's excessively galore of these kids mislaid for these companies not to beryllium held accountable successful my eyes."