An Everett-area family is in mourning over a 10-year-old boy who died after being buried alive by his playmates.In a statement, the family of Codey Porter says he died peacefully at 3:35 p.m. on Monday with his family by his side.The bizarre incident, which happened on Saturday, may have been sparked by a television cartoon.Story continues below ↓--------------------------------------------------------------------------------advertisement--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Family members describe Codey, a fifth grader at Silver Firs Elementary School in Everett, as smart and imaginative. Unfortunately, it may have been his imagination that led to his death."Really articulate. He's got a really good imagination too. He's just not a regular 10-year-old," said Joshua Quantrille, 30, who is Codey's half-brother.Codey was playing with Quantrille's three sons and several other children Saturday in the backyard of a family friend's home."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.Eventually they figured out something was wrong. They pulled Codey out and called the adults inside the home, who administered CPR until an aid car arrived.On Monday, Codey's classmates at Silver Firs Elementary in Everett tried to understand what has happened to the fifth grader. The principal describes Codey as a very bright student with a lot of friends. The principal also sent home a letter with students so that their parents would be informed.
QuoteAn Everett-area family is in mourning over a 10-year-old boy who died after being buried alive by his playmates.In a statement, the family of Codey Porter says he died peacefully at 3:35 p.m. on Monday with his family by his side.The bizarre incident, which happened on Saturday, may have been sparked by a television cartoon.Story continues below ↓--------------------------------------------------------------------------------advertisement--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Family members describe Codey, a fifth grader at Silver Firs Elementary School in Everett, as smart and imaginative. Unfortunately, it may have been his imagination that led to his death."Really articulate. He's got a really good imagination too. He's just not a regular 10-year-old," said Joshua Quantrille, 30, who is Codey's half-brother.Codey was playing with Quantrille's three sons and several other children Saturday in the backyard of a family friend's home."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.Eventually they figured out something was wrong. They pulled Codey out and called the adults inside the home, who administered CPR until an aid car arrived.On Monday, Codey's classmates at Silver Firs Elementary in Everett tried to understand what has happened to the fifth grader. The principal describes Codey as a very bright student with a lot of friends. The principal also sent home a letter with students so that their parents would be informed.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23578254/tragic.. but there is a difference between tv and reality...
then find out if any of us, over the past 15 years or so of anime have ever tried to turn into a mekor tried amakekiryunohiromeki and killed anyone???
Crixx I find you being a bit insensitive man. Nobody trying to attack anime or saying it's anime at fault or ban Naruto or something.Kids lack deductive reasoning as well as the knowledge to make proper deductions. It's just like Baego says. I don't think anything was wrong with him, he just had an imagination that was a bit more out there than normal. There's always outliers for anything, with the vast majority in the middle.Very sad that it happened. There's really only so much parents can do, they can't think of every possibility from a cartoon and tell their kids its just make believe and dangerous.
BUt they made sure and mentioned that it COULD have been naruto, lol like sand +death must equal something in the media kids were watching, so lets take class action against cartoon network or tv tokyo!
Crixx I find you being a bit insensitive man. Nobody trying to attack anime or saying it's anime at fault or ban Naruto or something.
in this day and age, its' irresponsible for a parent to leave their children unattended for more than 5 minutes at a time.
Problem in America is that children are given too much freedom at an early age , such accidents will occur no matter what . If its not Naruto , it will be some pro wrestling move etc.
its' irresponsible for a parent to leave their children unattended for more than 5 minutes at a time.
