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High School freshman dies after being struck with lacrosse ball
channel 9 ^ | Apr 16, 2007 | ap

Posted on 04/16/2007 7:34:18 AM PDT by Flavius

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1 posted on 04/16/2007 7:34:19 AM PDT by Flavius
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Very unfortunate accident. Prayers to the family.


2 posted on 04/16/2007 7:36:54 AM PDT by Always Right
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Condolences to the family.

I hope the ball wasn’t hit by a Duke Lacross player driving an SUV.


3 posted on 04/16/2007 7:37:48 AM PDT by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam.)
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To: Flavius
Was he wearing his helmet....or perhaps wearing an ill-designed helmet?

"Back of the head" sounds like no helmet, eerily reminiscent of the recent "no seat-belt" gubernatorial accident.

Leni

4 posted on 04/16/2007 7:38:46 AM PDT by MinuteGal (The Left takes power only through deception.)
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The idea is for the players to put the decals on their helmets.

Was the player wearing his helmet?

5 posted on 04/16/2007 7:39:40 AM PDT by toast
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Have a LAX helmet right here and have to wonder if the player was wearing his helmet which is well padded.

How tragic for his family, prayers of course.


6 posted on 04/16/2007 7:39:45 AM PDT by OldFriend
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The back of a lacrosse helmet does not extend down as far as a football helmet.


7 posted on 04/16/2007 7:41:12 AM PDT by Nomorjer Kinov (If the opposite of "pro" is "con" , what is the opposite of progress?)
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This is terrible! How long are we going to have to wait for Congress to pass common sense lacrosse ball control? /sarc.
8 posted on 04/16/2007 7:42:48 AM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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A lot of kids now wear the helmet canted forward so the visor is slightly above the eyebrow. That would afford less protection to the area where the skull meets the neck.


9 posted on 04/16/2007 7:43:57 AM PDT by Nomorjer Kinov (If the opposite of "pro" is "con" , what is the opposite of progress?)
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Boy, 14, dies in varsity lacrosse accident
4/12/2007, 7:58 p.m. EDT
The Associated Press

SPENCERPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A 14-year-old lacrosse player died at a Rochester hospital Thursday after being hit in the head by a ball fired by a teammate during a pre-game, warm-up session.

Jeff Milano-Johnson, a high school freshman who plays varsity lacrosse in the Rochester suburb of Pittsford, was retrieving a ball in front of a goal Wednesday when he was accidentally struck in the back of the head just below his helmet, police said.

He was placed on life support in guarded condition at Strong Memorial Hospital before he died Thursday, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported.


10 posted on 04/16/2007 7:45:46 AM PDT by Flavius ("Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum")
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Me, I’m curious why a teenage boy has a compound surname. You usually only see that on gender feminists.


11 posted on 04/16/2007 7:46:27 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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In a written statement issued through the hospital, the family thanked the community for its support and announced plans to donate the teen’s organs.

“Doctors have told us that Jeff suffered unexpected and severe bleeding, although his skull was not fractured. This unusual response to his injury raises the question of whether there may have been an underlying abnormality that contributed to this tragedy,” the statement said.

The accident occurred before a high school game between Spencerport and Pittsford. The game was canceled.

Milano-Johnson’s 11 goals this season put him among the top 10 scorers in Section V lacrosse this spring. His brother, Doug, a senior, is also a member of the varsity team, which has a 2-2 record.

Scott Bryson, who coached Milano-Johnson from second grade through the start of sixth grade, said the brothers have loved lacrosse from an early age.

“Jeff was absolutely passionate about lacrosse. He was the kind of boy who always had a stick in his hands,” he said.


12 posted on 04/16/2007 7:46:42 AM PDT by Flavius ("Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum")
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Are lacrosse balls very hard? I haven’t got a clue.


13 posted on 04/16/2007 7:47:50 AM PDT by -YYZ-
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maybe not but they fly em fast the old m x a = F


14 posted on 04/16/2007 7:48:28 AM PDT by Flavius ("Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum")
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I’m curious why a teenage boy has a compound surname.

A boy is killed, in an apparent accident, playing a pretty rough game and you are concerned about the relationship and/or politics of his parents?

15 posted on 04/16/2007 7:51:30 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (In this (political) War, Republicans are gutless appeasers. -- Ann Coulter)
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To: -YYZ-

Only slightly softer than a hockey puck.


16 posted on 04/16/2007 7:51:31 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Flavius; MinuteGal
Democrat & Chronicle
a ball struck him in the back of the head just below
his helmet during pre-game warm-ups Wednesday.

17 posted on 04/16/2007 7:53:37 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Just because you are away does not mean you are not in New Orleans - Je$$e Jackson)
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To: Michael.SF.

Why read into my question that which isn’t there? I said I was curious why a teenage boy has a compound surname.

That’s what I meant. I say what I mean. Please refrain from putting words into my mouth.


18 posted on 04/16/2007 7:54:23 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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More “progressive” and “sophisiticated” couples (you know, where the woman keeps her last name and the husband is emasculated) will give their children both parents’ names. I know tqo couples that did this (guess how they vote...)

The mother’s name comes first, then the father’s...


19 posted on 04/16/2007 7:56:06 AM PDT by RayBob (If guns kill people, can I blame misspelled words on my keyboard?)
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I read about it in the Syracuse news on line and he was wearing a helmet and was hit below the helmet and above the shoulder pads. They feel he may have had an underlying abnormality. I guess medical treatment was started immediately but with bleeding in the brain there is not much to be done in the field....my heart breaks for this family...
20 posted on 04/16/2007 7:56:57 AM PDT by Kimmers (Coram Deo)
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