According to foreign media reports, Maddie Neppen, a student at Tufts University, a famous "New Ivy" school in the United States, suffocated at a public welfare fundraising event for an off-campus hot dog eating competition on Saturday. The school said that although the first responders took "all-round rescue measures" at the first time, she unfortunately died the next day at a hospital in Boston at the age of 20.
Maddie Neppen. Graph network
According to foreign media, the hot dog eating competition was part of breast cancer promotion and fundraising activities, and many student-athletes at Tufts University participated in the competition. After the asphyxiation, thousands of students, faculty and staff attended a vigil in memory of Neppen.
It is reported that Nippen is a junior majoring in biological psychology at Tufts University, with an average grade point of more than 4.0 in high school, and was admitted to Tufts University with excellent grades. Nippen is also a talented athlete. Not only was she an outstanding defender on the Tufts University hockey team, she played well in various sports such as hockey and indoor athletics in high school.
"She's always full of energy, like a ray of sunshine." In her memorial to Neppen, women's lacrosse coach Karanan said, "She's funny and optimistic, and she always laughs a lot. ”
After the tragedy, people mourned Neppen. Graph network
Nippen's strong and positive attitude and passion for life are reflected not only in her athletic specialties, but also in her dedication to medicine. She has volunteered for Parkinson's patients at Helen Hayes Hospital and in Jamaica to assist abandoned children, mentally handicapped children and AIDS adolescents. According to reports, she had planned to enter the field of medicine after graduating from university.
In 2017, a similar asphyxiation occurred in Connecticut, USA. At the time, Catelyn Nelson, a student at Sacred Heart University, was suffocated at a pancake eating charity competition held on campus. Nelson's parents filed a negligent death lawsuit against the university, which argued that the incident was caused by the students' own "carelessness and negligence."
Red Star News reporter Fan Xu intern reporter Ding Wen
Edited by Li Binbin
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