video 5 towards the end allows a female CUT member, Lauri, to complain about a failed intervention in which she "almost drowned"...Hassan mentioned "joe tried to save your life"
yeah, that was me and i was on the case around 1987-8. Of couse, I saw the entire event differently UP CLOSE and in the freezing cold water of the Trinity River near Redding CA.
not going to go into complex details, but she did not have to run away (she walked around outside alone every day of the 3 we were there), and certainly did not have to swim that river---crazy.
Her mother was screaming for help: "she's going for the river". I came out of the cabin and saw what was happening, a surreal event to be sure, but instinct took over as i was the only one there in shape enough to do anything about it (there were no security guards as the CUT member claimed), so I sprinted down the slope. she was already in the water when i got there. she got across the river okay. I turned to swim back once I knew she was safe on other shore which was my only concern, but I got caught in rapids and was about to lose consciousness....
if it were not for some stranger (sent by an angel in my book) who happened to be checking on his cabin that day and tossed me a rope, i may not be writing this....
this is one reason why there are so few exit counselors and no one getting into the business anymore