Safiya ce mai daɗi a ranar 20 ga Yuli, 1981, lokacin da wani ɗan shekara 24 mai suna David Allen Kirwan, daga La Kanada Flintridge yana tuki ta yankin Yellowstone's Fountain Paint Pot thermal area a Wyoming. Ya tafi can tare da abokinsa Ronald Ratliff da karen Ratliff Moosie. A wancan lokacin, ba su da masaniyar cewa ba da daɗewa ba za su gamu da mummunan abin da ya faru a rayuwarsu.
Da tsakar rana bayan sun isa inda aka nufa, sai suka yi fakin babbar motar su sannan suka fita domin binciken yankin marmaro. Daga ƙarshe, yayin da suke tafiya kaɗan kaɗan daga motar su, kwatsam, karen su Moosie ya tsere daga motar ya ruga zuwa, kawai don tsalle zuwa cikin Celestine Pool da ke kusa - maɓuɓɓugar ruwan zafi wanda koyaushe ana auna zafin ruwan sa a sama. 200 ° F - sannan ya fara kururuwa.
Sun garzaya zuwa tafkin don taimakawa karen su cikin matsala, kuma halin Kirwan yana nuna kamar zai shiga cikin ruwan zafi bayan shi. A cewar masu gani, mutane da yawa ciki har da Ratliff sun yi ƙoƙarin gargadin Kirwan ta hanyar yi masa ihu kada ya yi tsalle a cikin ruwa. Amma ya yi ihu da tashin hankali, "Kamar jahannama ba zan yi ba!", sannan ya ɗauki matakansa biyu a cikin tafkin kuma ba da daɗewa ba kurciya kansa-farko zuwa cikin tafasasshen ruwa!
Kirwan ya yi iyo ya kai hannun karen ya yi ƙoƙarin kai shi ga gaci; bayan haka, ya bace a karkashin ruwa. Bayan ya saki kare, ya yi ƙoƙarin hawa kansa daga cikin bazara. Ratliff ya taimaka wajen fitar da shi, wanda ya haifar da kone -kone mai tsanani a ƙafafunsa. Yayin da sauran wadanda ke tsaye suka jagoranci Kirwan zuwa wani wuri kusa da kusa, suna kokarin ba shi ta'aziyya har motar asibiti za ta zo. A wannan lokacin, an ba da rahoton cewa yana gunaguni, “Wannan wawanci ne. Yaya sharri nake? Wannan abin wauta ne da na yi. ”
Kirwan hakika yana cikin mummunan yanayi. Idanunsa sun yi fari da makafi, kuma gashin kansa yana faduwa. Lokacin da mai ziyara wurin shakatawa ya yi ƙoƙarin cire takalminsa ɗaya, fatarsa - wacce ta riga ta fara hucewa ko'ina - ta fito da ita. Ya sami ƙonawa ta uku zuwa kashi 100% na jikinsa. Bayan ya shafe wasu awanni masu wahala, da safe David Kirwan ya mutu a asibitin Salt Lake City. Moosie kuma bai tsira ba. Ba a taba samun gawarta daga tafkin ba.
