14 year old James Tomas Roman was a gifted boy when it came to sports. Unfortunately he lost his life suddenly and sadly while he was away from his family.
The worst thing which can happen to any parent is to lose a child. When prevented to be there because the child is not a home is a tragedy.
It is difficult to say what could have been done to prevent the loss of such a young life. The cause of death is listed as Brain Aneurysm. We don't know if there was a second autopsy as his tragic death occured before the need for such when teenagers die in residential care was obivious.
Each year at the school they arrange a tournement in his name. Unlike so many teenagers who lost their lives in residential programs, his name is not forgotten not that it is any comfort for his parents.
May he rest in peace.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Unknown - 2010
In an remote outskirt of a small town called Virgin in Utah a 15 year old boy suddenly felt a pain in his head. What set this lethal birth defect up is unknown. Was he upset? Was he forced to move stones weighing half his own weight as they force the boys to do as punishment? Did the staff try to restrain him believing that he faked his illness?
We cannot know that. Fact is that the many miles from any hospital meant that he had no chance of survival once the attack came.
On the memorial site created by his mother she explain why he was sent away. Strange and partly dangerous behavior made his mother believe that she had no other choice but to choose a so-called residential treatment center.
But she had another choice. It is common knowledge that tumors or birth defects in the brain can push nerves and interfere with common sense.
But none show his behavior as a symptom of a deadly illness. They only saw a troubled teenager in need of a punishment and punishment he certainly got.
No phone calls, no visits, only letter writing. And the mail was not even by computer. A letter of comfort would take days to reach him.
Days of moving rocks, participating in a in-house school with a curriculum which would have been difficult to get credits for back in Texas. That was the sorry life he had to endure until his body couldn't take it anymore.
Hidden birth defects and brain aneurysm kills a lot of people every year. We need to increase awareness of that. Especially we who are parents need to be on alert so we don't commit the same failure and punish our children instead of taking them to a hospital where they can be examined and if possible treated.
May he rest in peace. His fate must never be forgotten.
Sources:
We cannot know that. Fact is that the many miles from any hospital meant that he had no chance of survival once the attack came.
On the memorial site created by his mother she explain why he was sent away. Strange and partly dangerous behavior made his mother believe that she had no other choice but to choose a so-called residential treatment center.
But she had another choice. It is common knowledge that tumors or birth defects in the brain can push nerves and interfere with common sense.
But none show his behavior as a symptom of a deadly illness. They only saw a troubled teenager in need of a punishment and punishment he certainly got.
No phone calls, no visits, only letter writing. And the mail was not even by computer. A letter of comfort would take days to reach him.
Days of moving rocks, participating in a in-house school with a curriculum which would have been difficult to get credits for back in Texas. That was the sorry life he had to endure until his body couldn't take it anymore.
Hidden birth defects and brain aneurysm kills a lot of people every year. We need to increase awareness of that. Especially we who are parents need to be on alert so we don't commit the same failure and punish our children instead of taking them to a hospital where they can be examined and if possible treated.
May he rest in peace. His fate must never be forgotten.
Sources:
- Victims after year 2010, Fornits Wiki
- Tragic death at Liahona Academy, a thread on the Fornits Home for Wayward Web Fora
- 13 year old killed in boot camp 4/20/05, thread on the message board of the National Youth Rights Association mentioning the incident
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