The most recent incident that shocked the country was the beating of Danny Santouli, in October 2021, of a 19-year-old who survived severe alcohol poisoning, but is now blind and in a wheelchair as a result.
Danny’s family’s lawyer, David Bianchi, described it as the worst injury case the country has ever seen.
“You can no longer be injured and still be alive,” he told DailyMail.com this week after filing a lawsuit against two of the children involved. While Danny survived, more than 200 other children did not survive.
There is no official database of catastrophic deaths or injuries, mainly thanks to the rug of secrecy immediately thrown at incidents by universities, fraternities and clubs.
Danny Sandouli, left, before suffering a brain injury after a night of forced alcohol consumption at the University of Missouri, and right, recently. He is blind and can no longer walk or talk
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The closest measurement to an official account is that of Hank Nover, a journalist who has covered inconsistencies and written many books on the subject.
According to his count, there were 179 deaths from catastrophic deaths in American colleges between 1838 and 1999, and an additional 101 between 2000 and 2022.
Three boys died in 2021 after schools reopened after a year of closure thanks to COVID. In 2020 there were no deaths from catastrophic deaths and so far, there has been no one in 2022.
In recent years, deaths from alcohol poisoning have increased. In all three suspected deaths from the 2021 runny nose, the victim died as a result of acute alcohol poisoning.
There was a brief vacuum in storm deaths in 2020 when campuses closed as a result of COVID-19.
Now, with more children rushing back to school, there are fears of a rise – and experts say the fog, however, will be more difficult to police now that more and more children are performing off-campus rituals away from the schools they attend.
Promises loaded into the back of a U-Haul truck to drive to a crazy event at Northeastern University
“Everything goes underground,” Nuwer told DailyMail.com. He said the rise began in 1995 when the “bottle crossing” tradition began.
It includes a promise to give a whole bottle of alcohol – usually cheap vodka – to finish overnight.
Nuwer’s research – which includes interviews with siblings and psychologists – reveals that the whole practice is based on companionship.
“There is denial after the incident, a blindness among the members of the fraternity just like the government in the Gulf of Pigs.
“If you do something dangerous for a long time, something bad will happen, but they do not see it coming. Interview after interview I find them surprised and I do not think it is a false surprise.
He said the only way to stop the riot was to end the tradition of commitment – but colleges and fraternities are hesitant.
A 1905 article by The Albuquerque Evening Citizen describes how student Stuart L. Pierson was tied to train tracks and hit by a locomotive at a murky ceremony at Kenyon College
“These slaps on the wrists do not help anyone. I think it makes the frat members arrogant and thoughtful. Everyone has to have a good time, but no one has to die to have a good time.
“Doing research and talking to people, [it seems] is a form of cheap entertainment – it is a form of domestic abuse. They call themselves brothers, sons, fathers, they are in a house.
“We need to end the commitment – to end this power dynamic,” Nuwer added.
Adam Oaks (left) died at the Commonwealth University of Virginia last February as a result of alcohol poisoning. Phat Nguyen (right) dies in November at Michigan State University
In another incident in 2019, West Michigan University student Bailey Broderick was killed when she was hit by a truck driven by a drunken man fulfilling one of his duties – transporting his brother’s brothers to the university. Hunter Hudgins was blamed for her death
Stone Falls, pictured with his parents, died last year from alcohol abuse at Bowling Green University.
While alcohol poisoning is the leading cause of death from turbidity, it is not the only root of the problem.
Other incidents include that of Stuart Lathrop Pierson, an 18-year-old who died in 1905 after being tied to train tracks as part of a crazy prank at the Delta Kappa Epsilon at Kenyon College in Ohio.
Drum Major Robert Champion was beaten to death in 2011 by boys who took part in a crazy challenge
A newspaper article that year read: “Did this student die?
The medical examiner found that Stewart was either tied to the lines or could not escape quickly enough as a train approached him.
In another incident in 2019, West Michigan University student Bailey Broderick was killed when she was hit by a truck driven by a drunken man fulfilling one of his duties – transporting his brother’s brothers to the university.
In 2018, Collin Wiant died of suffocation after inhaling nitrous oxide from a can of whipped cream in Sigma Pi.
Five years earlier, students Marvell Edmondson and Jauwan Holmes had both drowned after a night of drinking at the University of Virginia. They had tried to swim in a river.
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The parents of Major Robert Champion, who was beaten to death in 2011, are sitting in court as his killers are charged with murder.