Niño muere imitando a personaje de Naruto

[Lux]

AN HERO NO JUTSU



EVERETT, Wash. - An Everett-area family is in mourning after a 10-year-old boy 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. with his family by his side.

The bizarre incident, which happened on Saturday, may have been sparked by a television cartoon.

Family members describe Codey, a fifth grader at Silver Firs Elementary School in Everett, as smart and imaginative. Unfortunately, it may have been his imagination that led to his critical situation.

"Really articulate. He's got a really good imagination too. He's just not a regular

10-year-old," said Joshua Quantrille, 30, who is Codey's half-brother.

Codey Porter died Monday, March 10, 2008, two days after being buried alive in a sandbox.

Quantrille said Codey was playing with his own three sons and several other children Saturday in the backyard of a family friend's home.

"They watch a cartoon where there were like sandmasters or something. They can manipulate sand or something like that," said Quantrille. "He came up with an idea if he were to do this, then he would be able to be one of them. They're all under 10, so a pretty crazy imagination, you know. They were like hey, OK."

10-year-old in critical condition after being buried in sandbox
The cartoon "Narutu" shows the characters using sand as a tool and weapon and could have been what Codey and the others were trying to mimic when he was buried, headfirst, in a sandbox in the backyard of the house.

Quantrille said Codey was buried roughly from his head to his chest. At some point, he began thrashing around, but the children apparently thought he was playing.

Eventually they figured out something was wrong. They pulled Codey out and called the adults inside the home, who administered CPR until an aid car arrived.

On Monday, Codey's classmates at Silver Firs Elementary in Everett tried to understand what has happened to the fifth grader. The principal describes Codey as a very bright student with a lot of friends. The principal is also sending home a letter with students so that their parents will know what happened.

Parents say they are bracing for some difficult conversations.

"I have a third grader at home, so he's going to come home with some information. So certainly, the need to edit, filter, and hear what he thinks about what he heard is important," said one parent.

Snohomish County detectives said they interviewed all the children playing in the sandbox at the time and view this as a tragic accident.


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IN MEMORIAM

[Coleman]

Che, me parece que no da para burlarse de la muerte de un pibe...

[Gouki]

Una lastima el caso, una verguenza el reporte.

[Eatar]

totalmente de mas el chiste.
Por otro lado, pobre pibe y su familia.

[Lans]

Che, de onda, me parece que hay gente aca que estaría copado enterrar y burlarse de su muerte, no les parece?

[pululon]

un bajon para la familia
las imagenes too much

[AvriL!]

el que NO piensa que el pibe es un pelotudo.. que levante la mano.

[Gouki]

el que NO piensa que el pibe es un pelotudo.. que levante la mano.

Lo habra sido, pero de ahi a reirse de la muerte me parece cualquiera.. Y encima crear una imagen asi..

[Ward3n]

El no las creo, estan por toda internet...
Una lastima el pibe.... pero unos pelotudos los pendejos...... y la verdad que una noticia asi de este grado de idiotes es inevitable que te encuentres burlas de ese estilo... :S
Aca en el laburo batieron... "mira si el pibe miraba acuaman" :S

[Coleman]

el que NO piensa que el pibe es un pelotudo.. que levante la mano.

Lo habra sido, pero de ahi a reirse de la muerte me parece cualquiera.. Y encima crear una imagen asi..

Eso.