I would think that a new GFCI was installed right after the incident, and before a news crew was allowed into the room. Otherwise, some moron would shove something into the outlet to demonstrate his or hr stupidity.
-- Never piss off an Engineer! They don't get mad. They don't get even. They go for over unity! ;-)
Maybe that is the answer. The other possibility that I've considered is that the entire Inside Edition report was a 'mock-up' as far as the bathroom part was concerned. Besides having props for the phone and the charger and the extension cord, they had props for EVERYTHING in the bathroom -- that it wasn't the Coe bathroom at all. Not the Coe bathtub, lavatory, or GFCI outlet. Vid took place somewhere else.
They wanted to show all kinds of 'simulations'; the phone falling into the bathtub water, a model standing in the bathtub in a bathrobe, etc.
I asked Inside Edition by email to address the veracity of the bathroom situation, no answer.
Logan Coe is a fireman. The business about the frayed extension cord and the improper bathroom plug is not good home safety.
-- Mike Easter
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