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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 22:52:58 -0000 (UTC)
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 by: AnonUser - Tue, 13 Aug 2019 22:52 UTC

Jeffrey Epstein's Death Was On 4Chan Before Officials Announced It — And
Authorities Had To Look Into It

About 38 minutes before news outlets first reported Jeffrey Epstein's
death in prison, a 4chan user published a detailed post about it.
Picture of Jane Lytvynenko Jane Lytvynenko BuzzFeed News Reporter

Last updated on August 13, 2019, at 1:57 p.m. ET

Posted on August 13, 2019, at 12:10 p.m. ET

The New York City Fire Department looked into whether an employee posted
about Jeffrey Epstein’s death on a notorious internet message board
prior to officials announcing it to the public, BuzzFeed News has learned.

After telling BuzzFeed News the post was "under review," an FDNY
spokesperson said authorities "determined this alleged information did not
come from the Fire Department."

"An investigation is a formal act which brings about a process which
includes interviewing witnesses, serving notice, determining credibility
of witness statements — and that was not warranted nor did it take place
here. This determination was made after a review of the incident. We
looked at the information provided by [a BuzzFeed News] reporter and we
looked at our own records and there was no match," said FDNY spokesperson
Frank Dwyer, who added that the FDNY's Office of Healthcare Compliance
conducted the review. "It doesn't match our medical records."

Almost 40 minutes before ABC News first reported Epstein’s death on
Twitter, someone posted still-unverified details on 4chan, the anonymous
message board popular with far-right trolls and white nationalists.

“[D]ont ask me how I know, but Epstein died an hour ago from hanging,
cardiac arrest. Screencap this,” read the post, which was published at
8:16 a.m. alongside an image of Pepe, the green frog that has become a
mascot for right-wing internet trolls.

That message was posted 38 minutes before the first tweet about
Epstein’s death from Aaron Katersky, an ABC News reporter, at 8:54 a.m.
Five minutes later, the main ABC News account tweeted an article about
Epstein's death.
Screenshot / 4chan

After publishing the post, other 4chan users egged on the author. When
they expressed doubt, the original poster added more information to the
discussion thread, including a detailed breakdown of the procedures
allegedly used to resuscitate Epstein, which suggest the poster may have
been a first responder, medical worker, or otherwise privy to details
about efforts to resuscitate the disgraced financier.

Dwyer told BuzzFeed News he “could not verify the accuracy” of
information in the 4chan post. But he said any medical professional who
divulges patient information without consent is in violation of a federal
health privacy law, HIPAA, and that FDNY would look into it.

“The department will review this incident,” he said at the time. The
FDNY later said that it "is reviewing this incident, there is no
investigation" — but would not describe the difference between a review
and investigation.

Oren Barzilay, the president of the union for EMT workers Local 2507 in
New York, said, “our members do not release this type of confidential
information, this looks like a 3rd party info.” Barzilay also told
BuzzFeed News the union would investigate the potential breach of
confidentiality “if such a claim came forward.”

“There's serious consequences for those violations. Discipline.
Suspensions. Civil penalties, etc,” Barzilay said in an email.

The medical examiner's office and the Metropolitan Correctional Center
both declined to comment. Spokespeople for the New York Presbyterian
Hospital have not responded to repeated emails and calls requesting
comment.

The full details of Epstein’s death won’t be known until the final
coroner’s report is released, meaning the 4chan post laying out the
alleged treatment he received cannot be fully verified. An EMS expert
contacted by BuzzFeed News said the details in the post are consistent
with standard practices. Information released by the Federal Bureau of
Prisons also appears to line up with some of what was posted on 4chan.

Dr. Keith Wesley, an emergency medicine physician who has authored several
EMS textbooks and articles, viewed the 4chan post at BuzzFeed News’
request and said it lays out standard procedures for paramedics.

“This sounds like standard American Heart Association guidelines, which
most EMS agencies use,” Wesley said.

Part of the post refers to “telemetry advised bicarb.” According to
Wesley, this could mean the first responders were also speaking with the
hospital as they were trying to resuscitate their patient.
Screenshot / 4chan

“Telemetry implies the paramedics were in contact with a medical control
hospital who then gave orders to give Sodium Bicarbonate, bicarb which is
designed to reverse the acid buildup in the blood from prolonged cardiac
arrest,” Wesley said in an email.

“If one of the medics posted this separately that’s a breach of
protocol,” he added. “If there was identifying information on the
patient, that is a violation of Federal HIPPA law.”

The 4chan user made six posts about Epstein’s death. One of them claimed
that attempts to resuscitate Epstein were made for 40 minutes before he
was transported to the hospital, at which point medical personnel tried to
revive him for another 20 minutes. Those details are at least partially
consistent with the information regarding Epstein’s death that have been
publicly released by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

“Pt transported to Lower Manhattan ER and worked for 20 minutes and
called. Hospital administrator was alerted, preparing statements,” said
the 4chan post.

“Staff requested emergency medical services (EMS) and life-saving
efforts continued,” said a statement released by the Department of
Justice’s Federal Bureau of Prisons on Saturday. “Mr. Epstein was
transported by EMS to a local hospital for treatment of life-threatening
injuries, and subsequently pronounced dead by hospital staff.”

It’s not clear who posted the news of Epstein’s death on 4chan, but
first responders and hospital staff would have access to information laid
out in the post.

The reaction of 4chan to the news was explosive. Some users didn’t
believe the author while others launched straight into conspiracy theories
that have since engulfed news of Epstein’s death.

The 4chan thread was first found by Konrad Iturbe, a developer based in
Barcelona who was researching conspiracies surrounding Epstein online.

“That'll keep the conspiracies forever!” Iturbe said about the 4chan
posts.
CORRECTION
August 13, 2019, at 10:49 a.m.

The FDNY conducted a review of the the 4chan post. A previous version of
this post said FDNY conducted an investigation.
CORRECTION
August 13, 2019, at 10:03 a.m.

Konrad Iturbe's name was misspelled in a previous version of this post.
CORRECTION
August 13, 2019, at 9:51 a.m.

The FDNY spokesperson BuzzFeed News spoke to was Frank Dwyer. A previous
version of this post said BuzzFeed News spoke to FDNY Deputy Commissioner
Frank Gribbon.

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