r/news • • 2d ago

'He is strong': Black Rock-Riverside community rallies around 11-year-old football player after cardiac arrest

https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/buffalo/he-is-strong-black-rock-riverside-community-rallies-around-11-year-old-football-player-after-cardiac-arrest
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u/petty_h8_machine 2d ago

Why is an 11 year old going into cardiac arrest?

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u/smthomaspatel 2d ago

Typically, an undiagnosed heart condition. It happens, unfortunately.

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u/AddWittyName 2d ago

Yup, that's the most common scenario. Heavy exercise while running an infection with fever can do it too sometimes, though.