Ohio Teen Basketball Player

MorningLover · ‎10-04-2015

New York Daily Times

1 Day ago.......

Ohio teen Noah Lear, 16, dies following freak basketball accident

Noah Lear, an Ohio teen who was critically injured while playing

basketball with his friends, has died following a weeks-long fight to

survive.

Noah was 16 years old.

Lear, a student at Bucyrus High School, was playing basketball

with his friends at Calvary Baptist Church on Feb. 27, when he

went up for a dunk — but a support pole snapped, sending the

post, backboard and rim crashing down on his neck and head.

He called his mother, Melissa Griffin, saying he hurt his teeth in an

accident. Later, at the hospital, he told her how sorry he was.

"I told him he had nothing to be sorry for," Griffin told the Galion

Inquirer.

After Noah arrived at the hospital, he suffered cardiac arrest twice

before being flown to a regional medical center. He faced oxygen

loss to his brain — leaving his body incapable of controlling vitals

such as heart rate and temperature.

He was later moved to a hospice facility.

In the days before Noah's death, his mother remained stunned

about his injuries.

"He was just playing ball with his friends, like he loved to do,"Griffin

told the Galion Inquirer. "It's so hard to make sense of all of this."

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

I heard this on our local news. So, so sad.

I do wonder when anything was checked as far as the backboard, etc. Do those things ever get checked for safety? I don't know.

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

Something doesn't add up.

I thought, "How does one go into a cardiac arrest with a head injury?"

I did a quick web search & if it was a decapitation or a massive head trauma, yes..cardiac arrest could occur. But he was coherent enough to talk to his mother.

I'm sure the injuries from the support pole were bad...but I have a feeling they weren't life threatening. It was only after he got to the hospital, his system began to fail.

Just wondering if he had some underlying issues which caused the cardiac arrest. Sixteen is way too young for heart issues, but it's happened before.

Drythe · ‎07-09-2011

@sidsmom wrote:
Something doesn't add up.
I thought, "How does one go into a cardiac arrest with a head injury?"

I did a quick web search & if it was a decapitation or a massive head trauma, yes..cardiac arrest could occur. But he was coherent enough to talk to his mother.

I'm sure the injuries from the support pole were bad...but I have a feeling they weren't life threatening. It was only after he got to the hospital, his system began to fail.

Just wondering if he had some underlying issues which caused the cardiac arrest. Sixteen is way too young for heart issues, but it's happened before.

@sidsmom

Throwing a clot. Not unusual with trauma.

"Animals are not my whole world, but they have made my world whole" ~ Roger Caras

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

@sidsmom wrote:
Something doesn't add up.
I thought, "How does one go into a cardiac arrest with a head injury?"

I did a quick web search & if it was a decapitation or a massive head trauma, yes..cardiac arrest could occur. But he was coherent enough to talk to his mother.

I'm sure the injuries from the support pole were bad...but I have a feeling they weren't life threatening. It was only after he got to the hospital, his system began to fail.

Just wondering if he had some underlying issues which caused the cardiac arrest. Sixteen is way too young for heart issues, but it's happened before.

Just because he was coherent enough to talk to his mom doesn't mean he didn't have massive head trauma. Someone we know was in a motorcycle accident and he died from massive head trauma. But when the accident first happened, he got up, was walking around and telling people he was fine.

There was also that actress, name escapes me now, who died from a head injury after a skiing accident but she was initially awake, talking and completely lucid.

jonbon · ‎03-09-2010

@Lipstickdiva wrote:
@sidsmom wrote:
Something doesn't add up.
I thought, "How does one go into a cardiac arrest with a head injury?"

I did a quick web search & if it was a decapitation or a massive head trauma, yes..cardiac arrest could occur. But he was coherent enough to talk to his mother.

I'm sure the injuries from the support pole were bad...but I have a feeling they weren't life threatening. It was only after he got to the hospital, his system began to fail.

Just wondering if he had some underlying issues which caused the cardiac arrest. Sixteen is way too young for heart issues, but it's happened before.
Just because he was coherent enough to talk to his mom doesn't mean he didn't have massive head trauma. Someone we know was in a motorcycle accident and he died from massive head trauma. But when the accident first happened, he got up, was walking around and telling people he was fine.

There was also that actress, name escapes me now, who died from a head injury after a skiing accident but she was initially awake, talking and completely lucid.

Natasha Richardson (married to Liam Neeson)

missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

Natasha Richardson.?

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

Sad story for sure. Say it here often: "Tell those you love those words often". Nobody knows when it might be your last chance to do so.

Condolences to all who loved this young boy.

hckynut(john)

SahmIam · ‎04-16-2010

I didn't read the story but the parents of players of my sons basketball team were talking about this at practice today. Our coach stated that this is why he will NOT tolerate anyone who does a slam dunk and grabs the rim and then hangs on it: the equipment is NOT meant to hold this much weight.

The only places that have poles are playgrounds/parks. Indoors the hoops are on frames that are stationary OR go up into the rafters. I'm told those are stronger than poles but still, no hanging off the rim.

Now we know why : (

condolences and peace to his family.