Re: Wii kills teen!

On Nov 25, 5:43 pm, "Patient Zero 2.0......Still #1 in the hearts of
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Teen dies at P-Bruins home game

01:00 AM EST on Sunday, November 25, 2007

By Scott MacKay and Maria Armental

Journal Staff Writers

PROVIDENCE - Tragedy struck after a Providence Bruins hockey game Friday
night, when a 14-year-old Scituate boy went to claim a video-game system
prize and fell at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

The boy - whose name was not released yesterday - was taken to Hasbro
Children's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead early yesterday.

Lawrence Lepore, general manager of the Dunkin' Donuts Center, said the
incident occurred at approximately 11:50 p.m., following a game between the
Providence Bruins and the Portland Pirates, at which the P-Bruins had hosted
a promotional Revival Night, an annual event where church congregants gather
at a P-Bruins game.

The boy was a member of the Word of Life Fellowship, a Christian outreach
youth group based in Schroon Lake, N.Y., that works with local churches and
was sponsoring an overnight event in the Providence area, said John Nelson,
the group's executive vice president of operations.

Nelson didn't know with which area church the boy was affiliated.

As part of the group's arrangement with the P-Bruins, more than 1,000
people - including girls and boys ranging in ages from 13 to 18 and their
chaperones - stayed after the game playing a variety of games on the rink,
according to Lepore and Nelson.

The boy - who did not participate in the after-game competitions - won the
raffle's grand prize, a Nintendo Wii game console, according to Lepore.

"He came down from the stands to get his prize and he either tripped or fell
or collapsed," Lepore said yesterday. The boy was taken by New England
Ambulance to Hasbro Children's Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

New England Ambulance rescue vehicles and emergency medical personnel are
privately hired by the center and are on standby at the arena at every game
in case of injuries to players or fans, Lepore said.

Word of Life has offered counseling to those who attended the event with the
boy, said Nelson. All attendees have already returned to their homes.

The Providence Police Department is investigating the death pending the
results of an autopsy by the state medical examiner's office.

The death does not appear suspicious, Detective Daniel Fanning said.

The state medical examiner's office did not return a telephone message left
yesterday.

Providence police said they were not notified until yesterday morning about
the incident.

"I don't know why we were not contacted," said Detective Sgt. John O'Connor
yesterday afternoon. "Neither the center nor the team contacted us."

Lepore confirmed that the police were not called Friday night.

"When he was transported from here, it was still a medical call, which we
wouldn't have notified [the police], never had in the past," he said.

"It would have been the hospital who had the information and should have
contacted the police."

Lepore said he called the police at 8 a.m. yesterday after he arrived at
work and learned from the center's medical staff - who had checked on the
boy's condition - that he had died.

P-Bruins spokesman Kevin Boryczki did not return telephone calls from the
Journal yesterday.

On Nov. 16, Providence Bruins goaltender Jordan Sigalet collapsed on the ice
in front of his net midway through the third period of a game against the
Worcester Sharks and was taken to Rhode Island Hospital.

Sigalet, who has multiple sclerosis, remains in the hospital in stable
condition.

marme...@xxxxxxxxx

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"NBC streams 'The Office' online with ads and avoids paying writers by
calling it a promotion. Yet when a 15-year-old posts an episode online
without compensating writers, the studios call it piracy."

This has got to be linked to the death of Ken Kennedy!

-- T.H.H. - most deaths at arenas can be linked to the Whiff.

;)
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