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Tyson's daughter, 4, dies after 'tragic accident'
APReport ^ | May 26th 2009

Posted on 05/26/2009 5:18:17 PM PDT by Steelfish

Tyson's daughter, 4, dies after 'tragic accident' Exodus Tyson was found hanging from treadmill cord by 7-year-old brother

Mike Tyson had been in Las Vegas but flew to Phoenix immediately after learning of the accident. Francois Mori / AP

BREAKING NEWS

PHOENIX - The 4-year-old daughter of boxer Mike Tyson died at a hospital Tuesday, a day her neck apparently got caught in a treadmill cord at her Phoenix home.

Exodus Tyson was pronounced dead just before noon, police spokesman Andy Hill said. She had been on life support since the accident Monday.

Police said Exodus either slipped or put her head in the loop of a cord hanging under the console. Her 7-year-old brother found her and told their mother. She took Exodus off the cord, called 911 and tried to revive her.

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1 posted on 05/26/2009 5:18:17 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

So sad. Prayers for her and her family.


2 posted on 05/26/2009 5:19:16 PM PDT by Rocko (Mymindisaragingtorrent,floodedwithrivuletsofthoughtcascadingintoawaterfallofcreativealternatives.)
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To: Steelfish

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


3 posted on 05/26/2009 5:19:29 PM PDT by Birch T. Barlow (Go Mariners! Certain 2009 AL West champions!)
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To: Steelfish
Horrible accident.
4 posted on 05/26/2009 5:21:34 PM PDT by katiekins1 (Obama=DickTater N Chief)
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To: Steelfish

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


5 posted on 05/26/2009 5:25:01 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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To: Steelfish
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.

6 posted on 05/26/2009 5:25:27 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: Steelfish

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


7 posted on 05/26/2009 5:25:41 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Condolences and sympathy to the Tysons.


8 posted on 05/26/2009 5:26:04 PM PDT by umgud (Look to gov't to solve your everday problems and they'll control your everday life.)
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To: Steelfish

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


9 posted on 05/26/2009 5:28:20 PM PDT by pray4liberty (http://www.foundersvalues.com/)
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To: Steelfish
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.

10 posted on 05/26/2009 5:28:38 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Churchillspirit

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.


11 posted on 05/26/2009 5:29:38 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: Steelfish

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.


12 posted on 05/26/2009 5:31:01 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: Steelfish

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.


13 posted on 05/26/2009 5:31:35 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Smokin' Joe

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.


14 posted on 05/26/2009 5:32:22 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: Steelfish
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.

15 posted on 05/26/2009 5:32:29 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: Rocko

I agree, prayers for everyone who loved her.


16 posted on 05/26/2009 5:33:27 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: Steelfish
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).


17 posted on 05/26/2009 5:36:35 PM PDT by Viking2002 (This tagline for rent.)
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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.

18 posted on 05/26/2009 5:38:25 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

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.


19 posted on 05/26/2009 5:40:13 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: Steelfish

Sad.


20 posted on 05/26/2009 5:40:42 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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