Tyson’s daughter dies aged four

Mike Tyson’s four-year old daughter Exodus has died, it was owing to a tragic accident. The little girl was playing on a treadmill at home, when her head apparently slipped inside a cord hanging under the console. Another possibility could be that she has put her head in the looped cord and was unable to remove it. She was found by her older brother and her mother has tried to resuscitate her. Mike Tyson was not at the premises when this terrible accident took place.

My reaction:

Loosing a child is the worst nightmare for every parent. I think especially when it takes place at your own home. I am mother of two children in the age of 13 and 18 and the older they get, the more worried I become. Every parent hopes that his/her child will grow up and will out live the parents. If you loose a child caused by an accident or a terrible disease, this would not make the lost of a child any easier to bear, because your loss remains the same. However I think that losing a healthy child that was playing in my own home would make me feel guiltier as I feel responsible for not being able to prevent the death.

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