10 year old girl dead : Live Updates Every Minute from 25K+ News Agencies Across the Globe

'We are broken': 10-year-old girl dies after choking on carrot at school, family says
Share
Updated: 6:35 AM CDT Sep 25, 2019
'We are broken': 10-year-old girl dies after choking on carrot at school, family says
Share
Updated: 6:35 AM CDT Sep 25, 2019
Hide Transcript
Show Transcript
RESULTS WILL HELP PROVIDE CLOSURE. >> SHE WAS GOING THROUGH SOME SORT OF DISTRESS. NICHOLE: THE FAMILY OF THE 10-YEAR-OLD IS STILL TRYING TO ACCEPT THAT SHE IS GONE. >> THEY RECEIVED A CALL. NICHOLE: IT HAPPENED 10 DAYS AGO IN WORCESTER WHERE SHE WAS A FIFTH GRADER. SHE WAS EATING A CARROT AND STARTED CHOKING. >> SHE RAN TO THE BATHROOM WITH FRIEND SO FRIEND HAD TO RUSH BACK TO THEM WHEN MARILYN WAS COMPLAINING THAT SHE WAS CHOKING ON SOMETHING. NICHOLE: THINGS MOVED QUICKLY AFTER THAT. THE FAMILY SAYS SCHOOL STAFF TRIED GIVING MARILYN AID, AND CALLED 911. MARILYN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, ALREADY UNCONSCIOUS. HER UNCLE SAYS SHE NEVER WOKE UP. >> UNFORTUNATELY LAST TUESDAY SHE PASSED. NICHOLE: THE FAMILY SAYS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE INCLUDING THE SCHOOL, EVEN THE MAYOR. BUT THEY’RE STILL UNSURE HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> GOING TO THE BATHROOM NOBODY WAS THERE WE DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I NOT SAYING THIS TO BLAME BUT AM IF THE SCHOOL HAS A SYSTEM IN PLACE A THAT WILL BE GOOD, A PROCEDURE. NICHOLE: THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO ANOTHER FAMILY. >> SHE WAS LOVED BY MANY NOT ONLY IN THE CHURCH BUT IN THE COMMUNITY. NICHOLE: WE DID REACH OUT TO THE MAYOR AND THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR COMMENT, WE DID NOT HEAR BACK. HER FUNERAL IS SET FOR THURSDAY. THERE HAS BEEN A GOFUNDME SET UP TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS. WE WILL POST A LINK ON O