Student Collapses At School, Dies One Day Before Birthday
Counseling Offered To Fairview Students
POSTED: 2:46 pm MDT March 20, 2008
BOULDER, Colo. -- A Boulder high school held a day of silence Thursday following the sudden death of a sophomore.Officials said the special education student left class around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday and was in a hallway near the school's gym when he collapsed. An instructor and a student saw the teen and called emergency personnel. He was taken to Boulder Community Hospital, where he died.Fairview High School Principal Donald Stensrud identified the teen as Bryce Atkinson, a student with a pre-existing heart condition. Atkinson would have turned 17 on Thursday.
Friends told the Boulder Daily Camera that Atkinson had a special view of life."He was a person who knew how to live life, and what's important," said 17-year-old Fairview junior Mo Warren."He always knew how to make people smile," said junior Jenny Fischer, 17.Near the school's special-education room, teachers and parents of other students carried pink roses in honor of Atkinson.The school suspended Thursday's activities for "All Cultures Week," and instead, is offering counseling to students.
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