Sazoo
03-11-2008, 01:46 PM
I feel bad for the parents of this boy. I really do - what a horrible way to lose your son! But seriously - shouldn't 10 year old kids know better than to bury someone headfirst in a sandbox?!?!? :confused: The second article (see below) says it was this kid's idea to do it. I guess some of the other kids were 8 or 9, but still. I just have a hard time understanding how this could have happened.
Codey Porter, the 10-year-old boy buried headfirst in a sandbox, died Monday afternoon at Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle.
On Saturday, the Everett-area boy was playing with about five other children, ages 8 to 10, when the others buried him in a sandbox of a family friend in the 13800 block of 59th Avenue Southeast.
"He was playing, and he was buried and when [the other children] realized he wasn't breathing, they dug him out," said Rebecca Hover, spokeswoman for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
Full article here (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004273789_sandbox11m.html)
Here are quotes from another article about this, with more details:
An Everett-area family is in mourning over a 10-year-old boy who died after being buried alive by his playmates.
The bizarre incident, which happened on Saturday, may have been sparked by a television cartoon.
"They watch a cartoon where there were like sandmasters or something. They can manipulate sand or something like that," said Quantrille. "He came up with an idea if he were to do this, then he would be able to be one of them. They're all under 10, so a pretty crazy imagination, you know. They were like hey, OK."
The cartoon "Naruto" shows the characters using sand as a tool and weapon and could have been what Codey and the others were trying to mimic when he was buried, headfirst, in a sandbox in the backyard of the house.
Quantrille said Codey was buried roughly from his head to his chest. At some point, he began thrashing around, but the children apparently thought he was playing.
Full article here (http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_031008WAB_boy_buried_LJ.3e86c380.html)
Codey Porter, the 10-year-old boy buried headfirst in a sandbox, died Monday afternoon at Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle.
On Saturday, the Everett-area boy was playing with about five other children, ages 8 to 10, when the others buried him in a sandbox of a family friend in the 13800 block of 59th Avenue Southeast.
"He was playing, and he was buried and when [the other children] realized he wasn't breathing, they dug him out," said Rebecca Hover, spokeswoman for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
Full article here (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004273789_sandbox11m.html)
Here are quotes from another article about this, with more details:
An Everett-area family is in mourning over a 10-year-old boy who died after being buried alive by his playmates.
The bizarre incident, which happened on Saturday, may have been sparked by a television cartoon.
"They watch a cartoon where there were like sandmasters or something. They can manipulate sand or something like that," said Quantrille. "He came up with an idea if he were to do this, then he would be able to be one of them. They're all under 10, so a pretty crazy imagination, you know. They were like hey, OK."
The cartoon "Naruto" shows the characters using sand as a tool and weapon and could have been what Codey and the others were trying to mimic when he was buried, headfirst, in a sandbox in the backyard of the house.
Quantrille said Codey was buried roughly from his head to his chest. At some point, he began thrashing around, but the children apparently thought he was playing.
Full article here (http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_031008WAB_boy_buried_LJ.3e86c380.html)