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Teen Dies After Choking Himself To Get [Head] Rush
News4JAX ^ | 8-30-05 | AP

Posted on 08/30/2005 7:00:08 AM PDT by OXENinFLA

Teen Used Rope In Game To Pass Out

UPDATED: 8:32 am EDT August 30, 2005

CLINTON, Ohio -- Police say a 16-year-old from northeast Ohio has died from tying a noose around his neck and dropping to his knees to produce a euphoric sensation.

Jeffrey Patton died at Akron Children's Hospital Sunday, five days after hanging himself on a rope swing at a friend's house in nearby Clinton.

A 911 call was made Tuesday by a frantic teen from a home in Clinton. The boy told the operator that his friend, Jeffrey Patton, was unconscious after choking himself with a rope.

Patton had been doing something he had done in the past: playing a game in which the object was to pass out.

New Franklin Police Detective Mike Korach said two teenagers indicated Patton had done this before. Korach said the teens were unaware of what Patton was doing until it was too late.

The Northwest High School student used a rope from a tree fort to choke himself.

"To do this alone is, I think, a difficult thing, so he tried something, was not thought through, and he got himself into something he could not get out of without help," said Jeff's father, Dennis Patton.

Dennis and Tricia Patton want teens to know that life is precious and some risks may cost them their lives.

"The biggest problem is that kids don't think it's going to happen to them and they don't grasp the consequences and they're invincible at that age," said Tricia Patton.

The Pattons said their son was very friendly and easygoing.

They said their faith, family and friends will help them through this ordeal.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Ohio
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1 posted on 08/30/2005 7:00:08 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: OXENinFLA

Happens all the time, sadly.


2 posted on 08/30/2005 7:01:28 AM PDT by wingnutx (tanstaafl)
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To: OXENinFLA
DUUUUUUDE!


3 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:02 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: OXENinFLA

That's 7 miles from where I live.


4 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:14 AM PDT by RockinRight (What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
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To: OXENinFLA

Actually, this is so very sad. Young people can do such stupid things without realizing it. And some pay the ultimate price.


5 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:21 AM PDT by twigs
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To: OXENinFLA

Gene pool improves by one notch. Tragic but incredibly stupid.


6 posted on 08/30/2005 7:04:48 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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To: wingnutx

Unfortunately, you're right. A friend and I were entering his house in high school only to find his brother freshly passed out on the couch with a buddy hovering over him. They were making each other pass out.

They were surprised when we called them dorks, and told them how unsafe that was.


7 posted on 08/30/2005 7:05:10 AM PDT by scott7278 (Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I would like to know what we are talking about.)
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To: RockinRight

I heard a story on the Michael Savage show a couple of weeks ago about a teenage girl who died like this too. The parents were devastated.


8 posted on 08/30/2005 7:05:23 AM PDT by itsinthebag
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To: OXENinFLA

dumb for sure.

terrible tragedy non the less.

feel bad for the family.


9 posted on 08/30/2005 7:06:29 AM PDT by wallcrawlr (http://www.bionicear.com)
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To: OXENinFLA
The Pattons said their son was very friendly and easygoing.

As he had done this a number of times...he also had some issues.

10 posted on 08/30/2005 7:07:13 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: OXENinFLA

More Lefties should take up that game.


11 posted on 08/30/2005 7:08:34 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: OXENinFLA


Yep, here's your sign pal!


12 posted on 08/30/2005 7:09:33 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (I'm not afraid to say out loud what the rest of you are afraid to.)
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To: itsinthebag

I have a friend in the FBI who says they have a huge file of investigations along these lines....unfortunately, kids and adults do it all the time. Parents get these kooky ideas that it was some kind of ritual killing or that someone else was involved. Then they bring in an expert who has the awful job of showing the parents (if they persist) the hundreds of other files on kids and adults who do this to themselves......UGH.


13 posted on 08/30/2005 7:09:46 AM PDT by irish guard
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To: OXENinFLA
"To do this alone is, I think, a difficult thing, so he tried something, was not thought through, and he got himself into something he could not get out of without help," said Jeff's father, Dennis Patton.

PSA: "Yes kids, when cutting off the oxygen to your brain, always make sure you use the buddy system."

14 posted on 08/30/2005 7:10:01 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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To: Nathan Zachary

Knowing these lefties, they'll try to play Russian Roulette with an automatic, seeing how they're not that knowledgeable about guns.


15 posted on 08/30/2005 7:10:03 AM PDT by TypeZoNegative (Future Minnesota Refugee)
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To: OXENinFLA
This is basically how Vaughn Bode died...
16 posted on 08/30/2005 7:10:18 AM PDT by boris (The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a leftist with a word processor.)
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To: OXENinFLA


What happened to playing softball, or football or basketball for a rush???? How about reading a good book for a rush?

How about listening to Rush for a head rush!


17 posted on 08/30/2005 7:11:47 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (I'm not afraid to say out loud what the rest of you are afraid to.)
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To: OXENinFLA
Was probably also masturbating at the time. A youth in our town died that way a few years ago.
18 posted on 08/30/2005 7:11:53 AM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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To: OXENinFLA
Patton had been doing something he had done in the past: playing a game in which the object was to pass out.

Words fail me

19 posted on 08/30/2005 7:13:19 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: OXENinFLA

Woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo.....woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo....


20 posted on 08/30/2005 7:13:56 AM PDT by NRA1995 ("People do stupid things...." and I hear the Vonage music playing.....woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo....)
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