One of my school's football players dropped dead tonight.

BreweryYardRat

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Wed Jan-17-07 11:33 PM
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One of my school's football players dropped dead tonight.

Just heard a few minutes ago. He was working out and he just keeled over. At a guess, I'd say aneurysm, but that's just a guess.

Poor guy was only 19.

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QMPMom

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Wed Jan-17-07 11:34 PM
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1. Oh wow. I am so sorry.

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SeattleGirl

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Wed Jan-17-07 11:34 PM
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2. How awful, sewolf.

My condolences to his family and friends.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Jan-17-07 11:37 PM
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3. So tragic...

I'm so sorry. Did you know him?

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BreweryYardRat

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Wed Jan-17-07 11:40 PM
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4. No.

I'm a little sad that I wasn't there. Doubt I could have done jack, but I was in the library, a few hundred feet away. If I'd known, you bet your butt I'd have made an effort.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Thu Jan-18-07 12:46 AM
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9. That's the hardest thing about things like this...

It makes you wish you were there. But you're probably right...It probably wouldn't have helped anything. :hug:

Every now and then I read a story about a young athlete who dies from a previously undetected heart defect. They never know until it's too late.

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flvegan

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Wed Jan-17-07 11:55 PM
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5. At USF, right?

I haven't heard it yet. Crazy. Sad.

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BreweryYardRat

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Wed Jan-17-07 11:57 PM
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6. Yeah.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Thu Jan-18-07 12:10 AM
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7. Not a year goes by

that there aren't a few stories about this. I wrote one of them, in 1996. That kid was only 15.

One thing I learned in doing the story was that school athletic physicals are rarely sufficient, as are EMT services at games (never mind practices).

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crim son

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Thu Jan-18-07 12:14 AM
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8. Could be a heart block too.

I remember reading somewhere the proposition that there should be a defibrillator available at all practices and games. This happens fairly regularly.

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reyd reid reed

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Thu Jan-18-07 12:53 AM
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10. How horribly, horribly sad...

I hate hearing about things like this happening to young people. Somehow it just seems so....wrong.

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Rhythm

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Thu Jan-18-07 01:02 AM
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11. condolences from the 'Eers to the Bulls...

the loss of a teammate or fellow student is always hard on everyone around them.

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