Tyson's daughter, 4, dies after 'tragic accident'

APReport ^ | May 26th 2009

[Rocko]

So sad. Prayers for her and her family.

[Birch T. Barlow]

Dang, prayers for Mike and the rest of the family.

[katiekins1]

Horrible accident.

[Churchillspirit]

Dreadful thing for the family, but where was the adult supervision? The article only mentions her seven year old brother who found his sister.

[BallyBill]

I was on the phone with my daughter and gran daughter at the time this popped up on the news and it almost made me sick to my stomach. For a brief second I imagined how I would feel if it was one of them.

So sad, I'd been wondering if she was improving this morning.

[Steelfish]

This is a very sad loss all the more so because it was freak accident. I wonder if this has occurred before?

[umgud]

Condolences and sympathy to the Tysons.

[pray4liberty]

What a horrible thing, to lose your child. Prayers for the Tyson family.

[Smokin' Joe]

This is why grandma hollers at the kids any time they put something around their neck...

Prayers up for the whole family. What a horrible loss.

[cajungirl]

THis happened fast,,doesn’t take long. Parents are not in the same room all the time with kids. He got the Mom who called 911,,she is a physician if I remember right.

We have that little cord on our treadmill and it pops loose if you fall,,it is connected by a little clip like a clothes pin. She must have gotten it around her neck at an odd angle.

[cajungirl]

Never heard of it with a treadmill cord. Venetian blinds are usually the cause.

I have a three year old granddaughter,,called her mom to take up all the blind cords and drapery cords,,it is horrible.

[Maine Mariner]

At the time of the accident, the son of a friend of mine was about 13 and was nearly strangled in a tug-of-war in a middle school gym class. Lots of supervision but nobody realized it until it was almost too late.

[cajungirl]

WHen my girls were very small they learned “nothing around the neck”. Later it was “nobody ties you up”,,there was a kid in the neighborhood who loved to tie the other kids up,,a girl no less.

Venetian blinds scared me,,they kill kids the same way.

[Richard Kimball]

For all the craziness Tyson has done, to lose a child in a freak accident like this.

As to adult supervision, at age four, kids can get places you wouldn't believe faster than you can believe. This is so sad.

[brytlea]

I agree, prayers for everyone who loved her.

[Viking2002]

Condolences to Mike and his family. What a horrible thing to happen. But.......most treadmill safety lanyards are meant to pop the key loose as an emergency precaution for just these, and similar, reasons (we have one here at the lodge, and that key is everything). I'm trying to figure out how the girl got tangled up in it without it pulling out (DISCLAIMER: I didn't read the article, so I'm not up to speed on the circumstances).

[Smokin' Joe]

Venetian blinds scared me,,they kill kids the same way

Even a jump rope can be a hazard, if they won't play right with it. Mrs. Joe has cut up a couple of them to make the point.

[cajungirl]

Mrs Joe sounds like my kind of Mom/grandmom.

I think my daughters are so concerned about making kids anxious that they don’t warn enough. About daily dangers and rules such as nothing around the neck for any reason.

[Jet Jaguar]

Sad.