On August 8th, 2005, our precious daughter, Kimberly “Kimber” Ruth Wilson, decided to participate in an activity that had become popular with some of her friends. This activity involved taking a ligature device; attaching it to a stable object and using it to choke herself until she passed out. Unfortunately, she decided to do this alone in her bedroom. Because there was no one with her to revive her if something went wrong, she died that evening. She was 15 years old.
The coroner told us that she was “playing” something called the “choking game”. This caught us completely by surprise. We had no idea what the choking game was or why anyone would participate in the activity. Over the next few weeks we began to learn just how prominent and dangerous this activity truly was among pre-teens and young teenagers.
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