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Soccer/Football

Ponietz

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2. Agonizing to watch

Reply to ornotna (Original post)

Sat Jun 12, 2021, 03:22 PM

Jun 2021

In 1982 I was playing in game when Kenuthia Moriuki, a Kenyan exchange student and friend, collapsed and died of heart failure. CPR and defibrillator didn’t help, then. Witnessing today’s events brought it all back and I broke down. Anytime, anywhere, it could be our time. So glad he survived today. 🙏

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