Death on the School Playground

__________ was ten years old when his hfe ended tragically through a childish experiment of holding his breath and attempting to render himself unconscious. I recall the trick was not uncommon when I was a child. Expelling all possible breath a fellow classmate was asked to hold you tightly in a bear hug from the back. On the school playground this was done to ___________. Following release he staggered around, screamed, and fell to the ground unconscious.

It was later ascertained that oxygen did not reach the brain during the next minutes and suffered ninety percent irreversible brain damage. Had he lived he would never have been the normal active fun-loving boy well known in church and school activities. He lingered unconscious for several days before he …