Poll of the Day > 20 y/o NY Kid FROZE to Death after wearing just a SHIRT and JEANS in -14F!!!

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20 y/o Tyler Lopresti-Castro from upstate New York FROZE to Death after he was found unconscious wearing just a SWEATSHIRT and JEANS outside a city BUS STOP when temperatures dropped to -14F(-25C)!!

He was a junior studying professional accounting at SUNY Oneonta and was found lying outside the Oneonta Public Transit Central Garage when 2 transit employees found him unconscious at 6:50am

He did not appear be dressed for the cold said Police Chief Christopher Witzenburg and he suffered from exposure to extreme cold

Emergency Workers did everything possible to resuscitate him after taking him to Fox Memorial Hospital but he died upon arrival.

They identified him after finding his ID in his backpack and wouldn't say if alcohol was a factor.

He was seen on surveillance footage emerging from a wooded area at around 2:15am and was about 3 and a half miles away from SUNY Oneonta as police believed he was walking to his resident off campus

Witzenburg said "There's a drainage culvert there, we believe that he got very cold and wet from crossing the drainage culvert and some pretty deep snow"

He was walking in very cold conditions as temperatures dropped significantly overnight and was last seen by other people at midnight with friends

The semester had just begun the day prior and it was noted that it was rush week for SUNY Oneonta's Greek Organization though they don't believe it had anything to do with the fraternity

The campus community is mourning the loss of one of their own as he was nicknamed T-Lo by his friends who is remembered for his goofiness and kindness..

Have you ever worn just shirts and pants in extremely cold conditions?

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I find the decision a little bizarre given how far he had to travel, and I'm wondering if there wasn't more going on. (ie, a robbery or something)

Full Throttle posted...

Have you ever worn just shirts and pants in extremely cold conditions?

Yes, but not for long periods of time. And even then, I suppose it's stupid since slipping on ice or something could mean I'd suffer unintended exposure.

only to take the garbage out or something. though these days I seem to have lost almost all of my cold resistance and feel like I'm gonna die in -15C with a jacket on.

when I was younger, I found that -4C was about the limit for working outside with shorts on. anything less than that and it started to hurt a bit too deeply after a while.

if I was stuck outside in -25C with shorts and T-Shirt I would jog or run to the nearest source of warmth which would hopefully be my car or home.

He probaly thought freezing temperatures was a hoax and his immune system was enough to protect him.