Schoolboy chokes to de@th in NY school during apparent TikTok challenge

A middle school student di£d after choking in school Wednesday morning, June 10. 

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His de@th is suspected to have been connected to a social media trend, according to officials and a report. 

The sixth-grade boy suffered the medical emergency and became unresponsive inside Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community School around 11:40 a.m., according to Yonkers school officials. 

First responders attempted to revive the 12-year-old, but he was pronounced d£ad after he was brought to St. Joseph’s Hospital, school officials said. 
 

“As police investigate the nature of the medical emergency, we remain focused on caring for his classmates, teachers and staff who are in terrible pain,” Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent Anibal Soler Jr. said in a statement. 

Police were probing whether the “One Bite” TikTok challenge was possibly behind the choking de@th, News 12 reported. The challenge involved attempting to eat as much as possible in a single bite. 

The student, who has not been identified, might have been eating a donut, the outlet reported, citing authorities.
“Anything about a TikTok challenge, anything about witness statements, the events leading up to this we’re going to investigate and we’re going to continue with the investigation from beginning to end,” Yonkers Police Commissioner Christopher Sapienza said at a news conference Thursday.

Soler Jr. said the incident didn’t take place in the cafeteria, but on the fourth floor hallway and staff immediately rushed to his aid in a bid to dislodge the food stuck in his throat.   

“This young man was a bright light in the building,” the school chief said. “Everybody loved him, everybody knew him. He was energy, he was joy.” 

“Today’s tragic loss is heartbreaking,” Mayor Mike Spano said in a statement. 

“The de@th of a child is every parent’s worst nightmare, and our entire Yonkers community is grieving alongside this student’s family, classmates, teachers, and loved ones.”