Uh, how deep was this “sandbox”? Yeah, something doesn’t smell right...
Here’s another story about it..
They buried him UPSIDE DOWN (at his request) up to his chest...
http://www.komotv.com/news/16479676.html
He was copying a cartoon..
So completely sad..
Just plain stupid and sad. RIP.
A relative identified the boy as Cody Porter, a fifth-grader at the Everett school.
Porter was playing with five friends, all between the ages of 8 and 10, in a backyard sandbox on Saturday morning.
“They watch a cartoon where they were like sand masters or something and they can manipulate sand or something like that. They came up with the idea that if he were to do this then he would be able to be one of them,” he said.
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Cody and his friends were thought to be inspired by a cartoon, “Narutu,” where characters use sand as a tool and weapon. Whether inspired by a cartoon or a 10-year-old’s imagination, Cody was buried head-first to roughly his torso in a backyard sandbox.
EVERETT, Wash. - An Everett-area family is in mourning a 10-year-old boy who died after being buried alive by his playmates.
In a statement, the family of Codey Porter says he died peacefully at 3:35 p.m. on Monday with his family by his side.
The Porter family decided to donate their son’s organs. They are still formalizing plans to lay him to rest.
A memorial fund for Codey Porter has been set up through Gold Creek Community Church. The best way to donate is to log on to their Web site at www.goldcreek.org.
Hmm. I’ve seen Naruto, and there are definitely characters known as sand ninja that control sand. However, I have no idea how burying your own head in sand could have anything to do with it. That’s something this kid must have come up with on his own, and NOT taken from any scene in Naruto... Assuming the story being reported is even true, anyway. The whole Naruto angle might just be a red herring.
Um, a 30 year old thought it would be a good idea to bury someone HEAD FIRST?
They'd just moved into the neighborhood and the kids were loose while mom and dad unpacked a trailer.
I grabbed the little girl and ran her over to my water hose and washed the sand off and out ~ CPR was not needed fortunately, but a few minutes of that sort of thing and the little girl would have been dead.
This is why young children require adult supervision.
Absolutely heartbreaking... what a way to lose a child...not like any way is a good way.. but jeez...