In The News – The Ninja Movement

Many injuries and incidents are never publicized
and many deaths are misclassified as suicide.

There are many stories about kids playing the “Choking Game” in groups at school, campgrounds, alone in their rooms… most of those stories end up with injuries, permanent brain damages or even worst, the death of the child. There are multiple cases where those tragedies are missclassified as suicides.

Spanish:
Existen muchas historias acerca de niños jugando el “Choking Game” en grupos en las escuelas, campo de juegos, solos en sus cuartos… la mayoría de esas historias terminan lastimados, con daños permanentes en el cerebro, o peor aún, la muerte de un niño. Hay muchos casos donde esas tragedias son clasificadas erronamente como suicidios.

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David J. Verduzco (18 yrs.) June 2017, Albuquerque, NM, USA

We found out that my son David was playing the game because he sent a message to one of his online acquanintances:
“I’ll get back to you in 30 minutes, I’m going to play a game, a very fun game that I want to win”
That was his last message ever. 4:28 pm, June 8, 2017.

Nos enteramos que mi hijo David había jugado este “Juego” (Choking Game) porque ese día envió un mensaje a uno de sus contactos online:
“Me comunico de nuevo contigo en 30 minutos, voy a jugar un juego, un juego muy divertido que quiero Ganar.”

Ese fue el último mensaje que él escribio en su vida.

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Nicholas Claywell (13 yrs.), first time played at Lake Cumberland Camp Jabez, Jabez, KY, he died one year later.

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Sharron Grant, a mother of three, arrived home on April 23 to discover something no parent should ever witness. Jesse, her 13-year-old son, had been strangled to death by the cord from his computer. He hadn’t committed suicide, but this was no accident. Sharon said Jesse learned how to play the Choking Game at summer camp. Children at his school had been doing this for years, but on this particular day, Jesse was playing alone.

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Sept. 02, 2016.

My name is Garrett Pope, and I’m the father of the 11 year old boy, Garrett Jr., who passed away tragically this past Wednesday. He was our oldest son, a 6th grade student at the middle school. Garret Jr. was funny, smart, and an amazing son to us and brother to his siblings.
My family has never felt pain like this before, and we don’t want anyone else to go through what we are going through.

We do not know where Garrett learned this (The Choking Game), but the logical source would be from other kids in school, or in our neighborhood. Please talk about this with your kids, and do everything you can to prevent a similar tragedy. He was so young and impressionable, he didn’t know what he was doing, and made a terrible mistake. We miss him.
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May. 18, 2017.
Parents warned about the ‘choking game’ after teen’s death

A child in a New Jersey school has died as a result of the ‘choking game’. Bernards Township Schools Superintendent Nick Markarian said in a letter this week to parents that the student engaged in the game. His letter said the death was “one of the tragic losses of student life we have experienced this year.”
(today.com) Read More

(cbsnews.com) Read More

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(For the following comments and links to the news, Source: erikscause.org)

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Sarie Harmse

I am from South Africa. We lost my grandson on the age of 14 two years ago of the choking game and we all miss him so terribly.

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Lara Shaw

My friend, Tommy, just lost his 11 year old who tried the choking game. So tragic! His only son, for no reason. I have an 11 year old. More people need to be aware and we need to try to get the websites and videos taken down.

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Monica Waterson

My best friend just lost her son on April 12th from the choking game. An entire town is devastated and most think he just hung himself. How can I help my friend through this tragedy? She is understandably broken. Her son Austin was 15.

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Patricia Barrows

We just lost our 12 year old, and it was immediately obvious that he was trying the choking game. We had talked to him about it, months ago, when it was in the news. We didn’t know it was on his radar and we certainly didn’t think he’d try it. His father, grandmother and little brother were right in the next room. We think he probably thought he’d try this to find out what the fuss was about and then go have his after school snack and some TV before homework, and maybe, we don’t really know, but maybe, in his mind, he might have thought this might give him a little prestige amongst his peers. He was only 12 and very happy. He had been diagnosed with Asperger’s when he was younger, but had asked us not to keep talking about it, because, he said, he was over it. We haven’t thought for even a minute that this was suicide. My husband, Simon’s dad found him and immediately recognized it as the choking game. His knees were near the floor and he was just leaning forward. This was just a kid who tried to do something incredibly stupid. We will never forget Simon, nor will we stop talking about him. We view his death as a horrible, stupid accident. Even though we had casually discussed this with him months ago, it didn’t sink in. It isn’t enough to tell parents about this or kids. You have to scare the crap out of your kids about this!

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=simon-greydon-barrows&pid=174184781&fhid=2795

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