This week in #DiedSuddenly (Vol. 9)
Reports of healthy, young people dying unexpectedly continue to pour in daily, a phenomenon the media and their doctors are dismissing as Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS).
Out of the many cases sent to Frontline News this week, we have chosen a small handful to include in this report to help shine a spotlight on these ‘unexplained’ deaths.
Boy, 15
A 15-year-old boy died Monday after going into cardiac arrest while hiking the Harding Icefield Trail in Seward, the Alaska Department of Public Safety reported Tuesday. The incident is being investigated by both the Alaska State Troopers and the National Park Service, the park service said in a Tuesday press release. — Peninsula Clarion
Monea Pace, 10
Ten-year-old Monea Pace loved cheerleading and dancing, and she had just started with the Southfield Falcons cheer team when she collapsed at practice Friday.
Just after 8 p.m. Friday outside Thompson K-8 International Academy, where the Falcons practiced, Monea collapsed.
Someone started CPR as 911 was called.
Paramedics said the girl wasn't breathing and despite life-saving measures, she never regained consciousness as she was rushed to the hospital, where Monea was later pronounced dead. — WXYZ
Kai Torres Bronson, 24
Authorities Tuesday publicly identified a 24-year-old man who was overcome by an unidentified fatal medical emergency last weekend while on a desert mountain-biking outing with friends in the southeastern reaches of San Diego County.
Kai Torres Bronson of Otay Mesa complained to his companions of feeling fatigued after they rode from a meeting point near Interstate 8 to Goat Canyon Trestle in the Carrizo Gorge area of the Jacumba Mountains on Saturday, according to the county Medical Examiner’s Office.
He waited in that spot while one of his friends retrieved water for him, the agency reported. The pair then began their ride back to their initial meeting place, during which Torres Bronson collapsed several times, finally passing out on a stretch of railroad right-of-way at about 2:45 p.m. — Times of San Diego
Cody Ince, 23
The college football community is mourning the loss of former Iowa Hawkeyes offensive lineman Cody Ince, who died suddenly over the weekend at the age of 23. The obituary page for Ince notes that he died unexpectedly.
“I am incredibly sad to hear about Cody Ince's sudden passing,” Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz said in a statement. Ferentz added, “Cody was just beginning this next chapter of his life and was about to be married.” — Sports Illustrated
Jennifer Jacobs, 41
A beloved Stoughton elementary school teacher and assistant principal died unexpectedly on Friday, Stoughton Public Schools said on their Facebook page.
“We are saddened to share the news of the sudden and unexpected passing of a beloved member of our SPS family this past Friday," the post says.
Jennifer Jacobs, 41, of Abington had been a teacher in Stoughton since 2006, "caring deeply about the success and wellbeing of all of her students," the post said. — Enterprise News
Elise Finch, 51
CBS New York is mourning the loss of colleague and Emmy-winning meteorologist Elise Finch, who died suddenly over the weekend just a few days after she began appearing on the air.
The station announced its colleague's death on Monday. Finch, 51, had been a team member at WCBS for 16 years. — Washington Examiner
Florence Sifa, 32
The University of Cincinnati athletics community is mourning the sudden loss of a former student-athlete.
The athletics department announced former women's basketball standout Florence Sifa died unexpectedly on Monday. — WLWT Cincinnati
Kathryn Huffman, 58
A Texas nurse who blamed COVID-19 on “Right-wing conspiracy news outlets,” the unvaccinated, and those who didn’t wear masks, died suddenly this month. No cause of death has been revealed.
Kathryn Wyant Huffman worked as a float nurse at Medical City Dallas Hospital and would rant on social media about those who were not compliant with mandates, while lauding those who took the injections as having “good sense and courage”.
In November 2020, Huffman took to Facebook to shame people she saw not wearing masks, claiming they “watch a lot of Fox News”. The then-57-year-old praised those who complied with restrictions as “decent, caring neighbors and citizens”. — Frontline News
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