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Palatka Jr-Sr High School athlete complained of chest pains before his death, police say
actionnewsjax.com ^ | August 13, 2024 | ActionNewsJax.com News Staff

Posted on 08/14/2024 6:00:34 AM PDT by V_TWIN

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — A student-athlete who died had complained of chest pains before attending football practice Monday, the Palatka Police Department said.

Police responded to a home in Palatka around 6:20 a.m. Tuesday to reports of “a juvenile in possible cardiac arrest,” according to a post on social media from PPD.

Palatka Police Department said Aug. 13, 2024, that it appears that 15-year-old Robert Gillon died sometime during the night, and the initial results of his autopsy indicate that he died of natural causes.

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To: V_TWIN

“...complained of chest pains BEFORE attending football practice”

Who did he complain to? Who let him go to practice?


21 posted on 08/14/2024 6:33:01 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: johniegrad

The problem is the kid was complaining (to somebody) about chest pains and nobody did anything......you see anything wrong with that?.....’cause I do.


22 posted on 08/14/2024 6:33:02 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Good question.....if the school knew......oh boy that’s terrible.


23 posted on 08/14/2024 6:34:22 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

At least he didn’t die of “suddenly” as has recently been the case.


24 posted on 08/14/2024 6:48:32 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: V_TWIN

Stop trying to be coy and say what you’re thinking.


25 posted on 08/14/2024 6:49:21 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Democrat = party of treason

“So who did he complain about the pain to and why did they not do anything?”
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At this point it unfortunately doesn’t matter for him. But I would urge people here on this thread to NOT ignore such signs.

Last Friday morning at about 2 AM I was awake (thank God) and started feeling pressure in my chest, a bit to the left of center. Since I had eaten a fast food double burger about 4 hours earlier, I figured that it was indigestion, and that it would pass in a couple of minutes. Well, it didn’t - it spread to my jaw (which I knew was a problem), and very shortly thereafter I started sweating. I knew what was happening, but I just couldn’t believe it. I still waited a couple of minutes, because I stupidly didn’t want to go through the hassle of calling 911 and going to the hospital, because I would miss work that day…but common sense (or my survival instinct) quickly changed my mind. I didn’t want to be that guy whose family found him dead on the floor the next morning. 36 hours later, I was home, complete with roto-rooter job and stents on 3 arteries. Modern medicine is truly a miracle, as a mere 50+ years earlier I would have pretty much had no options but to “tough it out.”

DON’T IGNORE CHEST PAIN!


26 posted on 08/14/2024 7:01:19 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
They put him in a medical holding company until he had 6 months service

I'm mildly curious as to what someone in a medical holding company does every day.

27 posted on 08/14/2024 7:06:08 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: V_TWIN; All

Please see my post number 26..


28 posted on 08/14/2024 7:09:18 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Democrat = party of treason

Probably a friend and they both blew it off.


29 posted on 08/14/2024 7:15:58 AM PDT by bgill
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To: V_TWIN

Exactly. Imagine if it happened like this...

“Coach, my chest hurts. I don’t think I should practice today.”

“Suck it up son and be a man, not a GD pussy. Now get out there and give it all you’ve got.”


30 posted on 08/14/2024 7:20:15 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: Ancesthntr

Amen.....had chest discomfort while mowing my lawn in 2015.....2 days later I had a Stent in my 90% blocked LAD artery.

Get used to a relationship with a cardiologist.....it’s now part of both our lives. 😏


31 posted on 08/14/2024 7:23:58 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That sounds like what I heard when I played high school football in the 70s.....I think they’re a little less hardass now but you never know.


32 posted on 08/14/2024 7:26:11 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Suck it up son and be a man, not a GD pussy....”

Was the coach also wearing a tank top and sporting bicep tattoos? And chomping on a cigar while shouting?

‘Toxic masculinity’ virtue-signal is fail

Known medical condition which restricts blood flow during exercise often resulting in collapse. If O2 isn’t promptly administered it can result in death.


33 posted on 08/14/2024 7:32:20 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: Ancesthntr
Modern medicine is truly a miracle

The same modern medicine that gave you your angioplasty and stents also gave us (among other things) the unsafe and ineffective mRNA injections. It's a two-edged sword.

34 posted on 08/14/2024 7:33:26 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Ancesthntr
Similar story for me three weeks ago. I'm a pretty good hiker and do a lot of hill climbing. Got to one of my favorite areas around 3 pm. It was in the low 80s. Just past the end of the parking lot at 200 yards I turned around -- out of breath and exhausted. Tried a hill climb the next day. Hit the wall at 200 yards. Tried again and hit the wall a second time at 200 yards. Tried a third time and same thing.

Went straight to the ER, got admitted right away, and they found Pulmonary Embolisms (lung blood clots)! They started me on blood thinners and I was discharged 20 hours later. Been hiking again since without troubles.

Don't ignore symptoms!! Don't try to just "tough it out." These things can be fatal.

35 posted on 08/14/2024 7:33:58 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Palatka Police Department said Aug. 13, 2024, that it appears that 15-year-old Robert Gillon died sometime during the night....


36 posted on 08/14/2024 7:35:09 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: Justa

Yes, but the article says he complained about chest pain BEFORE practice. It was a clear warning sign something was not right.


37 posted on 08/14/2024 7:37:21 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: V_TWIN

Natural causes. ~ Myocardial infarction from pumping sludge thu his veins since he got THE JAB!


38 posted on 08/14/2024 7:52:30 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: srmanuel

Not to the degree its occurring now. Thats the difference.


39 posted on 08/14/2024 7:54:39 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: V_TWIN

“I dunno but I went to a very large high school for 6 straight years back in the 70s and I don’t recall ANY students dying.....much less of a heart attack.”

Back then, we’d see a few heat stroke deaths each year since coaches were completely clueless about hydration . . . “No Water, it will toughen you up” was a common thought.


40 posted on 08/14/2024 7:54:41 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business )
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