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This story raises urgent issues about blackouts and alcohol-related violence. Many listeners and commentators grappled to understand Sanchez's state—whether he was in a blackout or simply overwhelmed by intoxication. Personal anecdotes of blackout experiences revealed that such episodes involve a loss of memory and extreme, sometimes violent behaviors that individuals can't recall afterward. Unlike passouts, which are simple loss of consciousness, blackouts involve activity—running, fighting, screaming—that leaves no memory the next day.