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Post by vin on May 26, 2009 14:52:59 GMT -5
Former Heavyweight Champ Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter was in extremely critical condition this morning after an accident with a treadmill, CNN reports.
The girl, who was found by her 7-year-old brother with her neck on the cable of the exercise machine, was placed on life support at a Phoenix, Ariz., hospital near the family home, according to CNN.
“Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there’s a cord that hangs under the console – it’s kind of a loop,” said Phoenix Police Sgt. Andy Hill. “Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it. There’s nothing in the investigation that revealed anything suspicious.”
Once the boy told the girl’s mother, who was in another room, she took the girl off the cable, called 911 and tried to revive her. Emergency techs continued performing CPR on the girl as she was whisked to the hospital, Hill said.
Tyson reportedly had been in Las Vegas but flew to Phoenix immediately after learning of the accident, according to Reuters.
Hill called these kinds of accidents the most difficult to endure. “Those are the things that stay with you in your career,” he said. “We always hope for a miracle – not to have the worst happen to a child.”
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Post by kitty on May 26, 2009 15:17:28 GMT -5
Gosh... that is so sad to hear...
I'm praying for that little girl... kids... u just can't take your eyes off of them for a second!
But also anothr reminder that today I'm blessed!
Kitty
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Post by MinLisa on May 26, 2009 16:50:21 GMT -5
Gosh... that is so sad to hear... I'm praying for that little girl... kids... u just can't take your eyes off of them for a second! But also anothr reminder that today I'm blessed! Kitty Amen!! |
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Post by vin on May 26, 2009 22:21:28 GMT -5
Mike Tyson’s daughter dies after hanging accident
By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press Writer
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AP - May 25, 9:48 pm EDT Boxing Gallery PHOENIX (AP)—The 4-year-old daughter of boxer Mike Tyson died at a hospital Tuesday, a day after her neck apparently got caught in a treadmill cord at her Phoenix home, police said.
Exodus Tyson was pronounced dead just before noon, police Sgt. Andy Hill said. She had been on life support and police have said their investigation showed her injury on Monday was a “tragic accident.”
“There are no words to describe the tragic loss of our beloved Exodus,” the family said in a statement. “We ask you now to please respect our need at this very difficult time for privacy to grieve and try to help each other heal.”
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.
Responding officers and firefighters performed CPR as they took the girl to the hospital.
Former heavyweight champion Tyson was in Las Vegas at the time of the accident and flew Monday to Phoenix, where he was seen entering the hospital.
The family’s home is in a modest, quiet neighborhood. Neighbors say they saw Tyson there from time to time and the children played outside regularly.
Dinka Radic, who lives across the street, said Exodus would ask her if she had any chocolate. When Radic gave her some, Exodus would hug the woman’s knees and “kiss, kiss, kiss.”
“She’d say ‘hi’ to everybody. She was really friendly,” said Abdul Khalik, 53, who lives next door.
He said Exodus rode her bicycle in the neighborhood and often played with his two children and his niece. He said his 14-year-old daughter had cried all day after hearing of Exodus’ death.
Ben Brodhurst, 20, who lives across the street, said Exodus’ and her family went trick-or-treating at his house the last couple of Halloweens. She was “very lively, very enjoyable to be around,” he said.
The neighborhood contrasts starkly with the lavish lifestyle Tyson had through his tumultuous years of boxing, when he spent tens of millions of dollars and says he had millions more stolen from him by unscrupulous associates. During two years at the height of his career, he earned $140 million.
The death of his child in such an unusual accident adds an awful chapter to the boxer’s troubled life.
Tyson first began boxing in a facility for juvenile delinquents in upstate New York at the age of 12. Eight years later, he became the youngest heavyweight champion ever when he knocked out Trevor Berbick in 1986. But in 1990, he was defeated by James “Buster” Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, and soon after was convicted of raping a beauty pageant contestant in Indianapolis.
Tyson, who still denies he raped the woman, served three years in prison.
A few years later, he served three months in jail for beating up two men after a minor car crash in suburban Washington.
As his career continued, so did his bizarre behavior. He bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a boxing match and once threatened to eat the children of heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.
Although Tyson’s children had lived in their unassuming neighborhood for several years, he purchased a separate home in the tony Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley in 2005 for $2.1 million, selling it two years later for $2.3 million.
In November 2007, Tyson spent 24 hours in Maricopa County’s “Tent City” jail after pleading guilty to one count of cocaine possession and one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence. Police found the drug when they pulled over Tyson’s car after he left a Scottsdale night club.
According to police, Tyson said after his arrest that he bought cocaine “whenever I can get my hands on it.”
At Tyson’s sentencing hearing, nearly a year after the arrest, his attorney David Chesnoff said his client had taken 29 drug tests without a relapse and was attending Alcoholic Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
Tyson had become an example of how one overcomes problems with drugs, a violent past and poor upbringing, Chesnoff said.
“He’s tried his hardest,” his attorney said, “despite coming from almost impossible beginnings.”
Associated Press Writers Bob Baum and Terry Tang contributed to this report.
Updated 48 minutes ago
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Post by vin on May 26, 2009 22:24:20 GMT -5
The man just lost his 4 year old baby and they just have to add in all the troubles he has had after telling us his baby died. I was going to delete that part of the article but left it just to show how disgusting and heartless the media can be. His past legal issues have nothing to do what what he is going through with the loss of his toddler!
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Post by anointedteacher on May 26, 2009 23:35:35 GMT -5
The man just lost his 4 year old baby and they just have to add in all the troubles he has had after telling us his baby died. I was going to delete that part of the article but left it just to show how disgusting and heartless the media can be. His past legal issues have nothing to do what what he is going through with the loss of his toddler! This is so sad...  The media don't have a heart |
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Post by stillfocused on May 27, 2009 0:59:48 GMT -5
I saw it on the news this morning..continue to pray for this family as the state of AZ is very tough on incidents like this.
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The media don't have a heart