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PostPosted: 01/20/15 5:43 pm    ::: WCB player chokes to death on gum while sleeping Reply Reply with quote
Wow.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/women-college-hoops-player-found-dead-dorm-article-1.2083927


The 21-year-old senior at the college in California, Penn. was found unresponsive at about 3 a.m. Sunday. Local police later announced her death appeared to be an accident after she choked on gum in her sleep.



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PostPosted: 01/20/15 6:08 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
A tragedy.

All my life I've particularly feared for basketball players who chew gum during games. It just seems so dangerous. Collisions are common and so are inward gasps of breath.

I advised my kids not to chew gum while playing sports, but have no idea whether they payed me any attention.

It's foolish to chew gum, smoke or play with knives in bed. I'm batting two for three.
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PostPosted: 01/20/15 6:16 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Heartbreaking, the unexpected and unfathomable loss for her family.



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PostPosted: 01/20/15 6:30 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
GlennMacGrady wrote:

All my life I've particularly feared for basketball players who chew gum during games. It just seems so dangerous. Collisions are common and so are inward gasps of breath.



Me too. When I first played organized basketball in grade school, we were warned not to chew gum while playing. There was a story about a referee that died after choking on his gum. This was before there was widespread knowledge of the Heimlich maneuver.
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PostPosted: 01/20/15 6:32 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
GlennMacGrady wrote:

All my life I've particularly feared for basketball players who chew gum during games. It just seems so dangerous. Collisions are common and so are inward gasps of breath.



Me too. When I first played organized basketball in grade school, we were warned not to chew gum while playing. There was a story about a referee that died after choking on his gum. This was before there was widespread knowledge of the Heimlich maneuver.
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PostPosted: 01/20/15 9:15 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
GlennMacGrady wrote:
A tragedy.

All my life I've particularly feared for basketball players who chew gum during games. It just seems so dangerous. Collisions are common and so are inward gasps of breath.

I advised my kids not to chew gum while playing sports, but have no idea whether they payed me any attention.

It's foolish to chew gum, smoke or play with knives in bed. I'm batting two for three.


My junior high PE teacher/coach had a no gum rule and told us why. She watched a soccer teammate die. The teammate choked on her gum, and the heimlich didn't work due to the gum expanding in the airway.
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