"No one should ever stop someone from calling for help"? They didn't stop you, they asked you to leave and you had the freedom to make that call. This is sickening really. My condolences to the Piazza family.

How could they stay in the house with someone dying in front of them for 12 hours???????

"At least he stood up." At least isn't good enough. The guy is fucking dead. That dude is just as guilty.

This guy did not do everything possible...He didn't call 911...

This young man that suppose to be his friend, sad to say, but did nothing. Say we should call the police is not the same as doing. They didn't beat him up to stop him from call. I feel like he's just as guilty because even after 12 hour he was not the one to go get help.

Everyone involved is guilty an should be put in prison...

The guy that said they should have called the cops... should have called the cops himself. All he did was advice but didn't act himself. He's guilty in my eyes

This year I listened to friends from high school come back and tell me stories about being forced to do wall sits and stay up through the whole night. Eat burritos full of anything older brother wanted to put in there. And even sit in a cage while every other person in the fraternity pissed on them. Is all of that worth being a "brother"?

So much for "brotherhood" - beyond sad!

This is why the number of friends you have or popularity does not matter, what you need is true friends.

Okay... the "Samaritan" should have called 911.... wtf... why is he not accountable too?!?

Oh big wow, what a hero for SUGGESTING to call 911, then not doing it bc they all said not to.

I get fraternities and sororities but to pledge yourself to a group of arrogant people that you don't know in order to just belong? I feel so sorry for the family and for the kid who tried to do something.

DA Stacy Parks Miller: “We don’t win by charging these young men.” It’s not about “winning.” You are punishing those 18 “young men” for trying to cover up a murder (voluntary or otherwise) while sending a message to ALL fraternities that this behavior will NOT be tolerated. Any less than a conviction and you are complicit for the next person who dies in a hazing.

This is tragic. These kids need to stop worrying about repercussions and do the right thing.

Why couldnt his friend just call 911 himself

I believe he didn't do everything in his power to get help after the others pushed him away

Cordell, could've left the scene immediately pulled his FN phone out and call 911. He's on GMA with his sad story but he didn't go far enough. That's what you're supposed to do is leave the area and call 911 NOT sit there and look like a loser because a bunch of your friends are having a good time and you didn't want to spoil it for them.

That first interviewee should have just called 911 regardless of what the other frat brothers said.

This guy should also be explaining himself in court along with those lads....I doubt he has no ability to call 911 himself, he house could have stepped out of the frat house and called.

These aren't men.. I work in a college these so call adults are still kids. The trash and crap all over campus they leave behind tells the story of how these children aren't rdy to be on there own. Colleges need to put more strict rules on how things are run. Alot of these colleges don't even have someone in the building to regulate what goes on after hours. The building are left empty with students doing what they want. Something needs to happened.

He was so worried and shook that he decided to leave the kid unconscious and unresponsive without any notification of police or medical services? How is that considered ok and why hasn’t he been charged as well? Isn’t there a “Good Samaritan law” that says if you can but choose to do nothing you can be held liable as well? He literally could have made an “anonymous” call if he was worried about retribution. Am I wrong here?

When I was a pledge a brother threw bleach over all of the 14 pledges who were doing push-ups....it stopped the activity flat all burned bad, showers for all immediately. They acted accordingly despite this one deranged brothers actions. I hope he reads this 20 years later! Of course he's still a loser.

Penn State is tainted no one has forgotten Jerry Sandusky.

Davis is more guilty than the rest. He knew his friend was in trouble and did nothing. Davis should be in jail, he’s a punk.

I hope they close all fraternities. they are ALL binge drinkers. that is my home town. those boys should be charged with negligent homicide, manslaughter, and sit in prison for years. even the guy that was concerned, why didn't HE call 911? WTF. sometimes I really, really hate Penn State and the EXTREME pressure to drink to the point of alcohol poisoning. disgusted.

I don't understand why the one guy who was trying to help didn't call 911 immediately? That makes no sense!

If it was my friend nothing could stop me from getting him help. I always hated followers and not thinking for yourself.

YOU should have called 911 boy!!! What are you doing this interview for?!?! I wouldn’t show my face knowing I did NOTHING!!

This is a systemic problem that have gone since the beginning of time. Let's be real, everyone knows that this goes on, everyone just turns a blind eye because not enough people die from these incidences or the people in high places are being affected. I believe that a part of the reason why this story is getting so much attention is because this incident took place at "Penn State" a "prestigious university" and not Timbuktu University and that is also the sad part.

Sounds like he's trying to cover his own ass, not "giving advice". " I did everything I could to have them call 911." Sorry, why didn't YOU call the police? This dude is NOT the good guy. He's guilty of depraved indifference and should be in prison.

I can't believe anyone even joins these ridiculous things.

Why aren't they being called THUGS??

His dad looks broken. No excuses. Why didn’t someone call 911? Good suggestion. No living on campus for my son next year.

I can’t speak for all fraternity members but this isn’t how you become a real man. A real man is making good decisions and when in need help each other. Have good human code of ethics. These students failed miserably. Rip young men who die in these hazing incidents. Not fair at all.

I immediate thought "Is he related to Mike Piazza?"

My friends tried to talk me into joining a frat but it just was not my thing to be humiliated in front of my friends just to join a drinking club. Same thing just going to bar but do not have to go thru the humiliation! God Bless n may His peace be with this and all families that have had to endure this type of things!

Someone there, pledge or not should have called 911. Sad.

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I think this guy believed his frat brothers hype but in this case he should have followed his instincts. He will have to live with his decision for the rest of his life.

Funny how the news report keeps referring to the suspects or defendants as brothers one brother Googled while another brother

Why didnt think guy call 911!!? Gees. He's is just as guilty

this story makes me sick to my stomach. how did so many people have such blatant disregard for another person’s life?

Kordell, all you had to do was call 911.

I would've left and called for help.... that's what a true friend would do.

Sounds like a women that slapped a friend because her son broken her Jaw. Insane! My heart goes out to this family and any who lose a beloved. Had they just got him to the hospital they could have assess the cranial bleed. Between the alcohol & head injury. Very sorry for all these people’s pain!

For what is the summary of thr lawsuit?

I was in a frat for a year. It was alright, but I ended up leaving that college. We wernt really hazed or nothing like that and the pledgeship wasn't that bad but I just felt they try to mold you into like everyone else. You gotta wear the same shoes, the same shorts, same shirts and they give you shit if you don't. I made some good friends, but after I left I found out most those guys were fake friends. Didn't hear anything from me and only tried to get in touch with me when they wanted to see if they could get money out of me. Hey fraternities are for some ppl. But it wasn't for me

Kordel also went on college speaking tours, profiting off Tim's death!!!! Kordel is just as responsible. Why did he NOT call 9/11?!?!?! or report it to authorities?!??!?!!!!

Not very good brothers! 'Family' are supposed to look out for each other not bully one another! This is sickening!

Do not call each other a brother!A real brother would never let this happen to him...what absolute idiots!Close frats down...end of story...too many kids dying!

What no one else is saying. Some of them have had to had gone to sleep, while he was dying.

he still should've called 911 or campus the emt 🤷🏾‍♀️ he did as much as everyone else involved

This lack of action proves we our raising degenerative little socialpaths who gladly step on and over to what they perceive as their rightful social position. I hope you researchers are paying attention, WE'VE DESTROYED THE FAMILY UNIT, consequences coming to a school near you. These aren't children, its Lord of the Flies, may God have mercy on us all.Watch out Earth Mothers, keep your babies close..

Ehhhh Something is missing from the story definitely

That guy isnt innocent either. He could have called 911 when nobody was around him. Maybe he was afraid of being kicked out of the faternity.

The intent of covering it up was very much there.

Ugh this makes me sick. Seems like part of the problem is that these kids know the hazing rituals are dangerous and wrong, so when someone is seriously injured they don't immediately call for help. But like, do they think people just miraculously recover from serious injuries without medical intervention? They clearly don't seem to care about the pledges, but even from a selfish standpoint, why wouldn't you get them help as soon as possible? Just seems like some of these organizations are full of people that think they're entitled to everything and can get away with anything.

Kordell Davis didn't leave the room and call 911 since he was soooo concerned? Why Kordell???

That's not Hazing...that's literal torture, especially that stuff on the end JEEZ!

Did that kid call police tho?

For all those blaming the guy who told them to call the cops… you all do realize he was being hazed too right? Even if he left the room there were probably other frat brothers in the house that would have stopped him from leaving and he was probably in fear of his own life after what he just witness. He could have also been afraid that he would be killed during the cover up. People do some crazy things, unthinkable things when their backs are against the wall. It’s easy to say “if it were me, I would have”

Fraternities and Sororities need depleted. There is no reason to have them. The benefit they bring to any school could be brought by something much more positive, more healthy, and more.

2:35 and why didn't this friend call 911 right away?

If u truly think something is not right act fast don't depend on someone else because what if they don't care. This guy, he said he tried but why no call for help appeared. You're not saying this because u feel guilty and wanted to cover up. RIP young man!!

That poor boys blood alcohol level was that high... I am just sick.

If Kordel tried to leave, would he be alive today...or would he too have had...an accident?

If my five-year old son ever decides to pledge one day, I might disown him. He can't put me into that kind of heartache.

so very sad.... prayers to family and friends 😔

I am proud of the one who did plead guilty

Maybe if it was not illegal for them to be drinking then someone would have reported it sooner and this young man would be alive

Why didn't this guy call?

So let me get this straight, the kid not charged said he was the only one who helped. NOT TRUE! He said the others made him leave, yeah so what stopped him from calling 911??? No one was holding a gun to his head. Sickening

So if he was watching children being molested or a woman gang raped and he wanted to call 911 but others wouldn't let him, he wouldn't be able to call 911. -------- Does he own a Cell Phone? ------- Does he know how to use a Cell Phone? ------ Did they tie him up for 12 hours? ------ Could he have stepped outside and used a cell phone or asked someone to call 911 who owns a cell phone? ------ Could he have walked to the Security office on campus and ask them to call 911? ----- Could he have walked to a business and asked them to call 911? ------ This guy is a hero, please give him a medal.

The guy done nothing to help, none of them did, my god.....

Charging these guys w manslaughter is what they need to do when this happens in fraternity’s this needs to stop

This kid couldn't go and call in secret even if he was scared of retaliation he could've called! I don't believe him.

This is crazy! This is murder! This is bs complete bs! I don't care about intent or not they need to pay for this junk!

These fraternities are the future upper class of the US, it is very disturbing that their group psychology and rituals are so destructive and hostile.

My question is why Didn't call 911???

Fraternities, in and of themselves, should be outlawed. Way too many kids end up dying because they want to belong to one. Others end up feeling useless or unloved.....unwanted.

tbh gauntlets are the way more mild hazing for frats to do. This doesn't give any excuse for what they did, but its much milder than other rituals

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I'm sorry to the family and what your sons last thoughts were.why no one helped why because they thought about them selfs I think they should be charged. rip

Trust me I would be in Jail if someone did this to my child and didn't help cause I would them down , so wrong on every level , smh

I have been to college recently, in frat houses and around fraternity members. It is actually pretty common practice not to help those who have drank too much. I have seen people drink so much that they blacked-out mid-chug and hit the floor. Nobody around would help, but instead laugh and make fun of the person who "couldn't hold their alcohol." Often times these people were just left alone until they sobered up. Even if that meant the drunk person who was passed out was laying in the middle of the room. It was common practice (where I was) to just leave them, laugh at them, and make jokes about how weak they were. I don't drink but would still attend the parties because of friends and what I witnessed was pretty shocking. One time I was so worried about a random guy's well-being after passing out that I begged strangers to help me lift him up to move him to a more comfortable area like a couch instead of the kitchen floor. You would have thought I was asking people to give me their first born child. Here is a view from my perspective --> None of the frat boys from Penn State wanted Timothy Piazza to pass away that night. From my own experience, I would say that none of the frat boys even realized at the time how bad Timothy's condition was. They probably didn't expect that time to be any different from all the other times when students got too intoxicated, blacked out, etc. I would say this is the reason they did not feel the need to involve authorities. They were expecting Timothy to eventually just sober up and deal with his own "boo boos" from the night, as many other students have done before him. Over time the frat boys came to a realization that Timothy was actually seriously injured and out of fear of punishment they made the poor decision to ignore it, and probably with hopes Timothy, like the many before him, would make it through with a crazy hazing story to tell. I feel like the majority of the responsibility should fall on Timothy and not the frat boys. I don't think the futures of those frat boys should be in shambles because Timothy's desire to fit in was so strong that he drank more than he could handle. The frat boys should have called the authorities, but I can understand why they didn't at the same time. The real issue we should be examining is drinking in fraternities & college house parties. None of the frat boys from Penn state involved with Timothy's death are murderers, they are just really, really STUPID college-aged men. That is my take anyways, I could be way off.

Not one of them would last 5 mins in the Marines..clowns

This could be another Netflix hit like 13 Reasons Why! #JustSaying 🙄

He got IMMUNITY in exchange for his testimony lol!

This dude tryna act like a hero when he could’ve called them any time 💀

Has anyone ever met 19yo drunk frat boys? They are not going to do the right thing 99% of the time. So tragic

5 years ago... Idaho shows that the culture didn’t change.

I heartily endorse this natural selection. Fraternities forever!

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This kind is just as much as responsible as the rest of them. he should have left the the house and got help if really truely cared.

I hope everyone who did this kid wrong burns in fucking hell !! RIP young man.

It's not always somebody else's fault. His decision to drink and join a fraternity.

Not sure why the one kid didn't call 911 himself? Just bc they told him not to? He could have still called!

This reminds me of burning sands