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Discovery Canyon student dies after playing 'the choking game'A dangerous trend is hitting home. Discovery Canyon ninth grader Sean Hill died this weekend after playing the 'choking game'.The Centers for Disease Control says the 'choking game' is played mostly by older children and early adolescents as a way to get a brief high. They either choke each other or use a noose-type devise to choke themselves.Few details have been released about this latest local 'choking game' death, but one local mother who lost her son to the game in 2011 is speaking out. Petra Verhoeven-Jordan's son Gian Luc was playing the game alone when he died; the CDC says 87% of victims who die playing the game are boys, and nearly all of them were playing alone when they died. Since her son's death Verhoeven-Jordan has been trying to educate the community about the dangers of the game; she only wishes young Sean Hill heard her message.In the midst of their loss, Sean Hill's parents are trying to save another life. In a school-wide email District 20 officials sent out this message: "Out of sincere care for you, Sean's parents have given us permission to share that Sean died accidentally while playing the 'choking game' and they have asked us to encourage you to please make safe decisions."The 'choking game' goes by many names -- 'space monkey', 'airplaning', 'the pass out game' and 'purple hazing' are just a few -- but in reality it's a deadly activity. While kids think of it as a game, doctors warn suffocation is not something to be messed around with. "They could have seizures, they could have serious long-term injuries including brain injuries, and we've seen children die from this," Dr George Hertner of Memorial Hospital told News 5.
I remember kids doing it to get "high" (back then). I didn't participate in that crap, though. Geez, that was in about 1956.
That is really stupid. I never understood why they would do that. They want to see the funny colors.
Auto-erotic-asphyxiation without the erotic part.
Ask David Carradine how well that worked out for him...
Interesting you mentioned it happened in the mid 1950s. Of course people did not talk about things like that back than. Today, people are more willing to talk about things like this. We like to think the past is better than present as we see it through rose colored glasses.Why would anyone participate in it is beyond me. One can see funny colors if they exercise hard.
