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T*****o
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http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/22/4139299/investigation-continues-into-death.html
He was 7 years old and loved to ski, a child described as simply "happy out
on the slopes."
Now members of the Sugar Bowl Ski Team are being comforted by grief
counselors and are offering their own condolences and support to the family
of John Henderson, who was a second-grader at North Davis Elementary School.
The boy, a member of the ski team, fell Sunday from a chairlift he was
riding with two of his teammates. He died two days later, after surgery at
Renown Medical Center in Reno, according to officials of the resort and its
ski team.
What caused the boy to fall from the lift, in what ski industry officials
described as an exceptionally rare accident, remained under investigation
Wednesday. His death brought heartbreak to the 400-member Sugar Bowl Ski
Team, which offers programs for youths 5 to 18.
"We're a close community, and we're devastated for John and his family,"
said Bill Hudson, the ski team's executive director. "We're really just
focusing on what we can do as a community to support them at this time."
John Henderson was in his second year with the ski team. The boy was an avid
mountain enthusiast, whom Hudson described as "an excellent skier" who
could "ski any run on the mountain."
"I'm not sure how many years he had skied, but he was quite proficient,"
Hudson said.
The boy was the son of Mark Henderson, associate dean of the medical school
at UC Davis, and Helen Chew, leader of the UC Davis Cancer Center clinical
breast cancer program.
His family released a statement to The Bee on Wednesday evening saying that
John "was always an active and rambunctious child" who enjoyed baseball,
soccer, biking and skiing, a voracious reader who built elaborate Lego
creations and enthusiastically discussed his interests with anyone who would
listen.
He dreamed of being an astronaut or an inventor.
"Most of all, he prided himself on his independent exploration, preferring
to puzzle over things himself rather than asking for help," his family said.
Besides his parents, John had two siblings, Paul, 16, and Jessica, 22.
The accident occurred while he was riding with two other ski team members on
the Mount Lincoln express chairlift, which goes to the top of the Sugar
Bowl ski area.
Members of the Sugar Bowl Ski Patrol responded after the boy, who was
wearing a helmet, fell 52 feet from the chairlift at about 11:15 a.m. Sunday
. He was transported by helicopter to the medical center.
He died of head trauma shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to the
Washoe County, Nev., Medical Examiner's Office.
Hudson said grief counselors, including chaplains from Placer County and
volunteers from the Truckee area, were helping ski team members and staff.
A funeral Mass has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday in St. James Church at
the corner of 14th and B streets in Davis. A visitation will be held today
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Wiscombe Funeral Home, 116 D St. in Davis.
Sugar Bowl spokesman John Monson said ski patrol members interviewed
witnesses, including ski team members riding with the boy, other chairlift
passengers and observers on the ground, and are still trying to determine
exactly what happened.
"We have numerous eyewitness accounts, some of which are conflicting,"
Monson said. "At this point, we have to work through the conflicting
statements to find out which ones are the most accurate."
The National Ski Areas Association says an average of 40 fatalities occur at
U.S. ski resorts a year. Last season, there were 47 deaths in 60 million
visits by skiers or snowboarders.
But those fatalities generally stem from falls or collisions on the slopes.
Troy Hawks, a spokesman for the association in Lakewood, Colo., said deaths
from ski lift accidents or falls "are extremely rare in the industry."
The organization says there have been no recorded deaths as a result of a
ski lift malfunction in the United States since 1993, when a 9-year-old
British boy died at the former Sierra Ski Ranch. The group doesn't keep
statistics on other accidental falls from lifts.
"Season in and season out, the ski industry transports hundreds of thousands
of people many, many miles without incident," Hawks said.
He said all users of ski lifts are advised "to remain seated at all times,
to sit far back in your seat while riding the lift."
He said resorts advise chair riders to pull down a safety bar – available
on most lifts – after boarding the chair and raise it before skiing off.
While on the chair, Hawks said, "keep your hands in front of you, not
reaching off to the sides. Don't be fumbling with your ski boots. Just
remain still."
John Henderson's family asks that in lieu of gifts, people make donations to
the North Davis Elementary arts program or to Jesuit High School in
Sacramento.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/22/4139299/investigation-continues-into-death.html#storylink=cpy
q*c
发帖数: 17993
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oh, no! So sad, wish young John Henderson RIP.
q*c
发帖数: 17993
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他坐的缆车是四个人的express,既然说大部分缆车有bar,他这个应该是有的。
报道没说他有没有放下bar,忠告大家不要去摸boots,难道是他坐缆车上低头去摸靴子
一头栽下去?hmmm
a*****n
发帖数: 5158
4
有可能,否则不会头部受伤

【在 q*c 的大作中提到】
: 他坐的缆车是四个人的express,既然说大部分缆车有bar,他这个应该是有的。
: 报道没说他有没有放下bar,忠告大家不要去摸boots,难道是他坐缆车上低头去摸靴子
: 一头栽下去?hmmm

O****e
发帖数: 3290
5
Sigh. So sad to hear that. Such an active young life. RIP.
P*****s
发帖数: 263
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妈妈是华裔呢。真心疼。

【在 O****e 的大作中提到】
: Sigh. So sad to hear that. Such an active young life. RIP.
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