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So very sad, scary, and sickening.
Please say a little prayer for this little girls family.
XOXO
Anne
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Mike Tyson's daughter on life support - Yahoo! News
FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson …
By AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press Writer Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Writer – Tue May 26, 12:42 am ET
PHOENIX – Boxer Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter is on life support after she was found with her neck caught in a cord of a treadmill machine Monday, police said.
Exodus Tyson's 7-year-old brother found her on a treadmill with her neck in the cord that dangles from the console of the exercise machine at their Phoenix home, police Sgt. Andy Hill said, calling it a "tragic accident."
The boy told Exodus' mother, who was in another room. She took Exodus off the cord, called 911 and tried to revive her.
Responding officers and firefighters performed CPR on Exodus as they rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was in "extremely critical condition" and on life support, Hill said.
"Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there's a cord that hangs under the console — it's kind of a loop," Hill said. "Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it."
Hill said former heavyweight champion Tyson had been in Las Vegas but flew to Phoenix immediately after learning of the accident. Police didn't release the girl's name.
Tyson could not immediately be reached for comment but 42West, a New York City public relations firm representing him, released a statement on the family's behalf.
"The Tyson family would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks for all your prayers and support, and we ask that we be allowed our privacy at this difficult time," the statement said.
Brief footage from local TV station KTVK showed Tyson arriving at the hospital in a white button-up and black pants, and looking around with a frown before going inside.
Hill said everything in the investigation pointed to an accident. "There's nothing in the investigation that revealed anything suspicious," he said.
He added that responding to calls involving children is an officer's most difficult duty.
"Those are the things that stay with you in your career," he said. "We always hope for a miracle — not to have the worst happen to a child."
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ReplyDeleteThe little girl passed away ..This is such a very tragic and heart breaking story
ReplyDeleteThank you Sweetie...
I will edit my prayers request above.
How sad that we all know the definition of "exodus"...
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– The 4-year-old daughter of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson died Tuesday, a day after what police called a "tragic accident" in her home. Phoenix police spokesman Andy Hill said Exodus Tyson was pronounced dead in a hospital just before noon.
Police said the girl was playing on a treadmill Monday in her central Phoenix home when she either slipped or put her head in the loop of a cord hanging under the console.
Exodus' 7-year-old brother found her and told their mother, who was in another room. She took Exodus off the cord, called 911 and tried to revive her.
Responding officers and firefighters performed CPR on Exodus as they took her to the hospital, where she had been listed in critical condition since Monday.
Tyson was in Las Vegas at the time of the accident and flew Monday to Phoenix, where he was seen entering the hospital.
Cynthia Schwartz, a spokeswoman for Tyson, said the family would release a statement Tuesday evening. They had not made any funeral arrangements, she said.
Hill said it was unclear whether an autopsy would be performed.
It's a so sad & tragic... We can only imaging what the family is going through right now...
ReplyDeleteMay she rest in peace...
Isn't it true?
ReplyDeleteI hate to hear of any child dying...
This is every parents nightmare-
That somehow, their actions, or inactions, might be responsible for harming a child.
That is why I do not babysit.
Sadly, it's true, Anne. She was not on life-support for long...:-(
ReplyDeletevery sad. And true when responding to an emergency involving a child, your heart beats faster, your driven by something I cant even describe, and its heart wrenching when something like this happens, the whole crew mourns. My mom stated there is nothing on this earth more painful then losing a child, she's lost four. I believe her.
ReplyDeleteI was out running an errand and heard this on the truck radio. I think I was also out running errands when they came back on and said the child did not make it. I hate hearing things like this.
ReplyDeleteAnd, as with the loss of John Travoltas son, the well known people have horrible things like this happen within their families as well. The bad part of this is where we all know of them and grieve with them for their loss.
how very sad. My prayers for him and his entire family as well as others who her life has touched.
ReplyDeleteSad that it takes times like this to remember how the simplest of things might take an innocent life.