Teen has 240lb BB fall on throat and dies..

[jmcbride]

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Poor kid had 240lb BB fall on his throat and die in a freak accident.....

 

[LATS]

thats aweful.. good looking kid that had the world by the short hairs.. some things i will never understand.. sad..

 

[Noir]

poor kid
that's why people should go to a gym

 

[thebrick]

its terrible for a father to find his son like that

 

[ghostdog128]

that is horrible, and not to be the jerk here, but I can already see this incident being the battle cry to ban lifting in some form or another. Look what the sheriff himself said "it just isn't worth it".

again a trajedy, the poor kid was doing the right thing. not doing drugs, playing sports and bettering himself and this shit happens to him. what a shame.

 

[littlemack]

Very Sad Indeed....

 

[ironfreak83]

definately very sad. and like you guys said he was just trying to better himself and wasn't out doin drugs or crap he shouldn't.

 

[JustWannaBeHuge]

that is a f'ed up thing to have happened. when i was a kid i got a barbell stick on my chest doing benches alone and i yelled out for my dad to help me, after he took the bar off my chest, he smacked me in the head hard as shit and told me if i ever lift again without a spotter he'll punch me in the mouth to teach me a lesson... man i miss him.

 

[doug1]

i wonder if the collars where on the bar, otherwise the few times i got pinned one side went down allowing the weights to slide off, then the other side went "boing" straight to the floor, it's a bit awkward, but it works....poor kid

 

[aoj]

Before every weightlifting season my old coach would tell us stories of people lifting alone and droping the bar on their throat or about one kid that used a grip with the thumb and fingers on the same side of the bar and it slip and hit him in the mouth. I've fucked up my shoulders enough to know the intensity and drive are good but safety is first. My nephew is only 7 right now but ill make sure to teach him all the things I had to learn the hard way so he wont have to go thru it.

 

[PlateStacker45]

Had a good friend knock two of his teeth down his throat while benching 225. Had a spot too.

 

[swervedriver]

That is horrible... I can't imagine being that kid's father and finding my son like that... That is why you should never train completely by yourself.. Because you never know what can happen... Good looking kid, who had his whole life ahead of him... My prayers go out to his family, especially his father! So sad!!

 

[terryd5150]

My prayers go out to his family.

 

[oldfella]

That's a damn shame. Good looking kid, had everything going for him. A real; tragedy. My prayers go out to his family!

 

[rl3355]

can't imagine finding your child like that...what a horrible story. Probably slipped out of his hands.

 

[doug1]

so you guys are saying the bar fell on his throat? how the hell does that happen? this from the article:
"A preliminary autopsy showed Cameron died from asphyxiation due to compression of the larynx. He did not suffer a fractured or broken neck."

 

[bauer72]

very sad story

 

[jmcbride]

My prayers go out to his family also....I hope ppl learn from this.

 

[BOOMSHAKER]

Very sad loss. I know a buddy of mine that found his older brother in his mothers bedroom hanging. Kid was never the same after that!

p.s. do you think any of the media assholes will go after the coach for telling the kids they need to be as fit and strong as possible in order to play that sport???

 

[bulldog21]

What a sad story.....Prayers to his family.....