At least I'll have died doing what I loved

http://nypost.com/2017/04/03/student-dies-after-choking-during-eating-competition/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook

A 20-year-old college student — the daughter of a Port Authority cop killed on Sept. 11 — died after choking on pancakes during an eating competition at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, officials said.

Caitlin Nelson, of Clark, New Jersey, who served as the vice president of community service at the school’s Kappa Delta sorority, was taking part in the Greek life eating contest last Thursday when she began choking after eating four or five pancakes, witnesses told police.

“She starts to choke on pancake on someone recognized it — one of the nursing students at the competition — and she caught her and brought her slowly to the ground,” Fairfield police Lt. Robert Kalamaras told The Post. “And then she began CPR, basic life support, until officers showed up less than two minutes after the emergency call was made by one of the nursing students.”

Responding officers then tried to clear Nelson’s airway, but to no avail. She was rushed to St. Vincent’s Medical Center and was later transferred to the Columbia University Medical Center — where she died Sunday, Kalamaras said

Tragic. Did she win?

Died doing what she loved? She loved choking to death?

MulletTruck wrote: Died doing what she loved? She loved choking to death?

Don't judge, it takes all kinds.

They were most likely gluten free.

trucke wrote: They were most likely gluten free.

If they were, I don't feel bad. Those are the Devils work.

MulletTruck wrote: Died doing what she loved? She loved choking to death?

David Carradine too.

mndsm wrote:

trucke wrote: They were most likely gluten free.

If they were, I don't feel bad. Those are the Devils work.

Actually, I heard they were Vegan.

No one new the "Abdominal Thrust Procedure" (sp) ?

I'ts posted in all restaurants.

Being a college girl, I'm surprised she could choke on anything.

Trans_Maro wrote:

MulletTruck wrote: Died doing what she loved? She loved choking to death?

David Carradine too.

I was thinking Michael Hutchence but I'll accept David Carradine as well.

i thought sorority girls didn't have a gag reflex

captdownshift wrote: i thought sorority girls didn't have a gag reflex

Exactly, that gag reflex could have saved her life!

I really thought this thread was going to be about something else; and it delivered!

Huckleberry is going to come in here at some point.

I'm looking forward to reading that.

Well there's your problem. They should have used hot dogs.

I just realized that her friend who was a nursing student wasn't able to stop her from choking to death. And laughed upon that realization.

Think I'd rather be this guy

Died within 24 hours of the original post, choking on a donut in Denver. Well, trying to eat a half pound donut(6 normal sized donuts) in 80 seconds.

I laughed a little harder than I should have that 2 people managed to choke and die on breakfast foods, the same day(24 hour period) as a thread about the best breakfast food.

Since the thread has just about bottomed out: If she had just swallowed

Reports show that the fraternity guys down the street had no issues in consuming all the blue waffles that could be found.

It has bottomed out

captdownshift wrote: I just realized that her friend who was a nursing student wasn't able to stop her from choking to death. And laughed upon that realization.

Not everyone gets to graduate.

She died the way she lived.

Stupidly.

I put eating contests right up among the stupidest things that humans do.

spitfirebill wrote: I put eating contests right up among the stupidest things that humans do.

I have a bit of a moral issue with them, too. Food is one of the few things humans need. So, we have a good many humans with not enough to eat, while others have contests to eat as much as possible. Can't help but think there's some Karma there.

But then, I feel slightly guilty going to AYCE buffets, too.