- 注册
- 2002-10-07
- 消息
- 402,590
- 荣誉分数
- 76
- 声望点数
- 228
Kathleen Stringer told the inquest into her daughter Rowan’s death Wednesday that her family has one goal: ‘To never have this happen again to another chlld.”
Rowan died in May 2013, days after taking a hit to the head during her high school’s rugby game.
The 17-year-old captain of the John McCrae High School team was already suffering from a concussion when she began her final game.
She was tackled, hit in the head, fell to the ground and never regained consciousness.
It has already emerged at the inquest that neither Rowan, nor her family, nor her teammates had any education or advice about the dangers of concussion.
Kathleen Stringer says physical injuries are obvious, but injuries to the brain are invisible.
“You have to look after your brain,’ she testified. “Without it, you’re nothing.”
Rowan’s friend Matt James, a keen football player, testified that Rowan complained to him about a chronic headache days before the game but admitted that concussions he himself has suffered never stopped him playing.
“I tried to hide my injuries all the time,” James said. “My parents were worried what football would do to me. You try to get up and be as normal as possible so you don’t get taken out of the game.”
“I wasn’t smart enough to stop,” he said.
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/chrisicobb
查看原文...
Rowan died in May 2013, days after taking a hit to the head during her high school’s rugby game.
The 17-year-old captain of the John McCrae High School team was already suffering from a concussion when she began her final game.
She was tackled, hit in the head, fell to the ground and never regained consciousness.
It has already emerged at the inquest that neither Rowan, nor her family, nor her teammates had any education or advice about the dangers of concussion.
Kathleen Stringer says physical injuries are obvious, but injuries to the brain are invisible.
“You have to look after your brain,’ she testified. “Without it, you’re nothing.”
Rowan’s friend Matt James, a keen football player, testified that Rowan complained to him about a chronic headache days before the game but admitted that concussions he himself has suffered never stopped him playing.
“I tried to hide my injuries all the time,” James said. “My parents were worried what football would do to me. You try to get up and be as normal as possible so you don’t get taken out of the game.”
“I wasn’t smart enough to stop,” he said.
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/chrisicobb
查看原文...
