Posted on 03/10/2008 6:45:57 PM PDT by paltz
EVERETT, Wash. -- A 10-year-old Everett boy has died in a Seattle hospital after an accident in a sandbox.
A spokeswoman for Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center confirms that Codey Porter died Monday.
In a statement, the boy's relatives say they appreciate "all the support and prayers" they have received and have decided to honor his memory by donating his organs.
Codey's family said earlier that the TV cartoon "Narutu" gave him and his friends the idea of burying him head first in a sandbox. They thought he was joking Saturday when he struggled.
Sheriff's deputies questioned the five children who were playing with Codey and say it was a tragic accident.
Codey was a fifth-grader at Silver Firs Elementary in Everett.
Yes, they did it on purpose, but the dead boy was a willing participant. A tragic Darwin award nominee.
“People get buried up to their necks on beaches all the time and all they have to do is sit up to get out. Sand does not compact that hard.”
uh yeah it can
You know I just don’t get it. The media has never said how old the other children were. Unless they were toddlers they all should have known better. Especially when he started flaying about and they said they thought he was “playing”.
I doubt sandbox sand was that wet or that deep.
I spend a lot of time around boys. Good grief, are they stupid sometimes! Not long ago, my husband (who should have grown out of it by now) bought our son a walking stick with a pointed metal tip. I had an utter fit before the purchase and hubby assured me that he would remove the tip. He didn't.
Last summer a bunch of boys were play fighting in my yard. Good thing I thought to actually look at what they were doing! My 9 year old was pointing and jabbing the walking stick (metal point toward the kid) at another boy, who happened to be 12 years old.
I came UNGLUED! How can you be so stupid as to point that metal tip at anyone?? You, you! Did you not notice he could KILL you with that metal tip? Do any of you think AT ALL? All those boys just stood and stared while I totally lost my mind.
If I could figure out how to fix this...
Prayers for the family. What a heartache.
You can’t. As you already pointed out, your husband hasn’t yet either. It’s connected to the *Y* chromosome.
Mom PING
Prayers for the family of this child, and for the families of the other children involved.
They can be utterly stupid.
My son nearly put my eye out with a rubber band the other day. If I didn’t wear contacts....
I did not read in the story that the other kids held him down.
“The story said the parents thanked people for their prayers and they thought he was joking when he struggled, that implies the parents not the other kids.”
It is a horribly tragic story.
Amen.
Steven Wright talked about how he liked to mess with hitchhiker's heads. After he picked then up, he'd say, "Put on your seatbelt. I saw this in a cartoon once and I think I can do it".
Cody is OK, but 'Codey'?
Looks like a nickname someone might give a nerd computer programmer.
Demonstrate with a watermelon. Boys process information by doing, not hearing. It would stop them cold.
An older cousin (12) claimed he left the younger boy playing alone in the sand and came in to watch TV. The older kid also rode the bus. It was a constant struggle with this trouble maker. He was always starting battles, throwing things, and being a pest. He was usually already in detention for classroom behavior, so it was difficult to deal with him.
I have never questioned the accidental version of the child's death. I was very close to the families - 8 family members rode with me. I only wanted to comfort them help and them get through the shock of the loss. This story of makes more sense than a simple "cave-in" of wet sand. I only hope the death of my student was indeed an accident.
HEALTH: ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS September 8th, 1988;
Consumer Group Challenges Agency Over Sandbox Safety
By WARREN E. LEARY, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Children's sandboxes, normally the place of castles, sculptures and imaginary wars, are at the center of an actual battle over what some people charge are dangers lurking in the sand.
Children's sandboxes, normally the place of castles, sculptures and imaginary wars, are at the center of an actual battle over what some people charge are dangers lurking in the sand.
The Health Research Group, a Washington-based consumers' group with ties to Ralph Nader, has argued for almost two years that there are asbestos-related particles in some play sands on the market and that the particles pose a long-term cancer risk to children. The group is urging a recall or ban on these products.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the stone industry say there is no convincing evidence that play sand is hazardous, and they see no need for emergency action.
The sand in question is the fine, white, powdery variety taken from quarries in coastal areas and sold at toy and hardware stores.
Mineral Form at Issue
In part, the debate involves what form of the mineral tremolite is present in the sand. Both sides acknowledge that tremolite is a contaminant in some sand; the amount varies greatly from sample to sample, but in most cases the quantities are minute.
The consumer group says the tremolite is found in a fibrous form in play sand; thus, its structure is similar to types of asbestos already known to cause lung disease and cancer. Even in small quantities such particles can be a hazard if inhaled because they are not cleared from the lungs and the effects are cumulative.
Have you tried massive doses of testosterone
As my dad used to say:
1 boy = 1 boy
2 boys = 1/2 a boy
3 boys = 1/4 a boy
4 boys = no boy
On one level it's about how much of a combined brain remains as you add boys. On another level it's about how much of a boy you have left afterwards.
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