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...retrospect, the warning signs seem painfully obvious. The Minnesota Vikings started their training camp last Monday on what was one of the hottest days of the year in Mankato, Minn. All-Pro tackle Korey Stringer was overcome during the morning session and had to be carted from the field. The next day turned out to be even hotter and more humid. Some of Stringer's teammates reportedly teased him about a newspaper photo that caught him doubled over with exhaustion the day before. "I'll show them!" the 335-lb. offensive lineman must have figured. He turned in what...
...When Stringer arrived shortly before noon on Tuesday, he had a temperature of more than 108[degrees]F. Emergency-room personnel hooked him up to an I.V. and began cooling him with buckets of icy water. Doctors and nurses labored all afternoon and into the evening to keep his organs from failing, but Stringer's heart couldn't take the stress. He died 14 hours after entering the ER without ever regaining consciousness...
...want to add to the unspeakable grief of Stringer's family and friends. But his death should be a lesson for the rest of us, a tragic reminder of how dangerous the combination of high heat and stifling humidity can be. Of course, most troubles with overheating don't progress quite so far. Often you get nothing more than a heat rash, muscle cramps or headache. Things can get very serious very fast, however, depending on your underlying physical condition, how dehydrated you've become and whether or not you have had time to acclimate to a surge in temperature...
DIED. KOREY STRINGER, 27, Minnesota Vikings Pro Bowl offensive tackle popular with teammates for his jovial demeanor and respected by fans for his charity work; after collapsing from heatstroke during practice in 90[degree]F-plus heat; at the Vikings' training camp in Mankato, Minn. (See related story page...
...Nepalese, this was bigger than President Kennedy's shooting was for the U.S.," says Greenfeld, who moved to Hong Kong from TIME's headquarters in New York City last summer. "It's as if the entire Kennedy family were murdered--by a Kennedy." Greenfeld and TIME's Nepal stringer, Dhruba Adhikary, spent many hours driving to the homes of Nepalese government and army officials, gathering leads, names and numbers. Greenfeld turned in the story in time to make last week's issue--and beat the competition handily...