Word: jeaned
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...Ekperi was playing basketball at the National Cathedral School in Washington D.C. with three other friends when, after taking a shot and landing on her feet, she sat down on the ground, and then proceeded to lay prone on the floor. The three friends, including Patrick Jean Baptiste ’09, thought that Ekperi was playing a joke and was pretending to be hurt. The two other friends were not Harvard students...
When an ambulance arrived, the medical staff tried to revive Ekperi, giving her oxygen, CPR, as well as drugs, but they could not rescue her either, Jean Baptiste, who was working with Ekperi for the summer at the National Institute for Health, said...
...medical staff said that Ekperi had died before they arrived at the scene, according to Jean Baptiste...
...Jean Baptiste said he spoke to a doctor who said that Ekperi likely died of an undiagnosed heart problem that was not detected during physical examinations. Nutman said that the medical cause of Ekperi’s death has not been confirmed...
...doctor said that it’s rare but that it happens among young athletes," said Jean Baptiste, who is also a Crimson editor...