:( Freak Accident: Mike Tyson's Daughter on Life Support

[Tia Wood]

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20280992,00.html

Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter Exodus is on life support after an accident involving home exercise equipment, the Associated Press reports.

In what police in Phoenix call a tragic accident Monday morning at Tyson's home there, the girl was reportedly found by her 7-year-old brother with her neck caught in a cable attached to a treadmill.

The boy alerted the girl's mother in another room. Her mother called 911 and tried to revive her, according to the AP. Mike Tyson was said to be in Las Vegas at the time of the accident, but has returned home.

Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill told FOX News, “Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there’s a cord that hangs under the console – it’s kind of a loop. Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it.”

Emergency personnel performed CPR on Exodus, who was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital where she remains on life support, according to the Fox News report. Sgt. Hill described her condition as "extremely critical."

 

[Melly]

thats horrible. Hope she gets better.

 

[Gerry]

I read that earlier today on one of my medical Twitter accounts.

I have always had a very difficult time dealing with bad things that happen to children.

Hope peace and comfort are with her and her family.

 

[Tia Wood]

She died.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2009/05/exodus_tyson_dies_after_she_is.html

Exodus Tyson, the 4-year-old daughter of boxer Mike Tyson, died Tuesday after she was taken off life support. The young girl was found hanging from a treadmill cable by her 7-year-old brother Monday and rushed to a Phoenix-area hospital.

"There are no words to describe the tragic loss of our beloved Exodus," the family said in a statement. "We ask you now to please respect our need at this very difficult time for privacy to grieve and try to help each other heal."

This is another sad turn of events for the 42-year-old former heavyweight champion, who has seen his share of heartache -- some of them self-inflicted -- in his lifetime.

"The Tyson family would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks for all your prayers and support, and we ask that we be allowed our privacy at this difficult time," the boxer said in a statement.

 

[stewie]

very sad , so young :disappointed:

 

[Chuck]

Very sad indeed!

 

[tonyfloyd]

very sad....my condolences to Iron Mike and his family....what else can go wrong for this guy???....

 

[NetworkMsia]

I had a friend who encountered a similar accident while exercising at gym.
be very careful of those machines

 

[charrisg]

..very sad..

 

[Jeffreyw]

I don't like Mike. But this is sad. Especially, that she was four.