25-Year-Old Former Football Player Jake Hescock Dies Suddenly of Cardiac Arrest While Jogging

Gateway Pundit ^ | December 12, 2022 at 8:15am | By Jim Hoft

[Red Badger]

Former University of Central Florida (UCF) football player and Massachusetts native Jake Hescock died suddenly on Tuesday, according to his family.

Hescock, 25, collapsed while jogging in Boston last week, his cousin Lisa Walz Mlynarczyk wrote on a Facebook group dedicated to him.

According to reports, Hescock suffered from cardiac arrest.

“He was given CPR and has been on life support ever since. We were told last night that the damage to his brain from the lack of oxygen is severe,” she wrote.

A passerby found him and provided CPR, and was taken to the hospital.

“A Good Samaritan found him and gave him CPR. He suffered cardiac arrest. He is intubated in ICU. The next 48 to 72 hours are critical [because] they don’t know how long he was not breathing until he was found.”

On Friday, Jake’s mother, Carey Hescock, provided an update on his son.

“Jake currently remains in critical condition,” said Carey. “He remains on a ventilator that is currently breathing for him. He is on a machine that is taking the blood out of his body, oxygenating it and giving it back today. We are hoping for that to be able to be turned off today or tomorrow.”

“His heart function is having small improvements but continues to be much lower than it should be. Our main focus at the moment is at his neurological status. He is sedated, so they are keeping him asleep to allow his body to heel. When the sedation is off we are hoping to see improvements, so far they are minimal but encouraging,” she continued.

On Sunday, Jake’s cousin Lisa provided another update and announced that Jake had passed away.

“It is with a heavy heart that I have to say my cousin Jake has passed on, may he Rest in Peace and forever shine his bright soul down upon us, I’m sure Papa was there waiting for you with open arms….. forever you will be, Lil Jakers! Thank you everyone for your prayers during this difficult time,” she wrote.

UCF Football released a statement stating Jake will be missed by the Knight Nation.

“We are devastated to hear of the passing of Jake Hescock. He was beloved by everyone within Knight Nation. Our deepest condolences go out to everyone who knew Jake. He was taken too soon and will be greatly missed.”

Coach Gus Malzahn honored Hescock on Twitter, saying, “we’re heartbroken to hear of Jake’s passing. He was an incredible person, who embodied what it means to be a UCF Knight. Everyone who knew Jake loved him and he was a blessing to coach.He will be greatly missed. Kristi and I’s prayers are with his whole family.”

Following the tragic news of his passing, Jake has been remembered by hundreds of supporters, friends, and family members.

[neverevergiveup]

Reggie Lewis died because he snorted TOO much COCAINE.

That allegation was discredited, and autopsy findings were inconsistent with this. He was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - which is genetic. It would be a particularly bad idea to use cocaine if you have an underlying cardiac condition, but there is no good evidence that cocaine use was the underlying cause of his death.

[woodbutcher1963]

Okay, he had an enlarged heart AND he snorted too much cocaine. Both contributed to his death.

[saleman]

You’re the one who posted he died in response to people dying young from sudden deathe. Didn’t realize car accidents were relevant to the subject. He died from injuries from a car accident. I mean you could obfuscate I guess. He actually died from blood clots.

Because of the devasting automobile accident. See what I did there? He was actually in a Suburban, which is an SUV. Which is BS but that’s the way some people “debate”. But whatever. He died from an accident. Not Covid. Not a heart attack...well maybe. Maybe the blood clot caused a heart attack....So. We can keep going round and round.

Of course young people die from undiagnosed cardiac problems. You yourself said “it’s rare”. The problem is, it’s not near as rare now as before. How do you explain the excess mortality in that age group? Just bad luck?

[.30Carbine]

I can remember Google of several years ago when any search returned a variety of responses and listed sites with views from all sides. That Google is gone and a search on any subject now only returns government approved responses.

I use Duck Duck Go but they must use Google because I am getting the same result.

[.30Carbine]

I have experienced the same.

[CFW]

Yeah, Duck Duck Go has become just as bad. It’s hard to find a search engine now that doesn’t return government-approved results only.

[.30Carbine]

YouTube is not up-to-the-minute for me anymore, either.

[neverevergiveup]

First, from the beginning I knew that Covid was the product of ill-conceived gain of function research, and said so. It's not difficult molecular biology to alter the fiber/spike protein of a virus. Second, I never thought the approach that was taken to produce the Covid vaccine was a good one, and also stated that. There are a variety of reasons this is true, involving both issues of efficacy and of risk. Third, I saw young patients with myocarditis occurring days after receiving the vaccine, and it was clear that this was attributable to the vaccine. I stated this. The CDC denied there was a connection - until they no longer could ignore the connection.

That said, one thing implied in this thread is that athletes dying suddenly doesn't happen. That is absolutely not true, and although rare it happens more frequently than you might think. There are many reasons to be skeptical of the mainstream take on Covid, how it occurred (i.e. natural vs engineered), how to treat it, and how to avoid getting it. However, implying a vaccine connection in every case in which someone dies unexpectedly is not credible.

[Justa]

IMO Ivermectin works best before infection. I take 12mg daily.