Choking game victim

Parent Mary Hogeterp said the girls have become closer as a team and "remember Aja all the time. Windsor Choking game victim, 11, to be remembered by soccer team An year-old Belle River girl who died while playing what's known as the choking game will be remembered by her soccer team Wednesday, when it plays one girl short and holds a memorial. Social Sharing. On Nov. Snapchat, an app that sets itself apart through the impermanence of its video and photo messages, did not comment. On Aug. Pope sent her two youngest children, 4-year-old Jackson and 6-year-old Mollie, to fetch their brother and tell him to get ready for dinner.

Garrett had taken the cloth belt off his school uniform, tied it around his neck and then hung the other end from the top of one of his bunk bed posts. He just had a smell to him. I remember screaming a scream that had never come out of my mouth in my life. Pope cried as she loosened the belt, gave her son CPR and called Jackson and Mollie were sitting inside the room, watching.

That is until the coroner investigated and determined it was the Choking Game. A week before his death, Garrett came home with red marks on his neck. He claimed it happened after wrestling with a friend, and Pope thought perhaps his pet allergies were acting up.

But Garrett—a rambunctious, playful boy—had also been sluggish days before his death, his mother says. At the time, Pope was unaware those are warning signs of the Choking Game. When she finally walked inside, she wept and apologized to him.

The year-old former teacher decided to join the fight against the Choking Game. The three grieving families met for dinner at a restaurant in Rock Hill, S. When the dinner was over, the parents made their way to Sullivan Middle School in Rock Hill, where they hosted a two-hour educational forum about the Choking Game for about parents and students. In , the program—which consists of a 8-minute video and PowerPoint presentation—was adopted for the first time by the Iron County School District in Utah after four children in the district died from playing the Choking Game in a three-year period.

Two of the deaths in were weeks apart. His family found him in his bedroom closet just after 7 p. Just like Isaiah, he had a belt looped around his neck. More: A Kentucky Derby winner adorns an Evansville restaurant. His story is tragic Webb. Dozens of kids have died from the 'choking game. Jon Webb Evansville. Show Caption. Hide Caption. After 'choking challenge,' Indiana teen donated organs. When Patch spoke to Monroe earlier this year, she talked about making some sort of commercial or PSA to help other parents avoid going through what she's gone through since losing her son.

I'm never going to be the same again. She also hinted this isn't the only spot she's filmed. You have turned a great tragedy into something positive. RJ is proud of you I'm sure," she said. Now, she's appearing in public service announcements to help educate parents about this very real danger.