Former Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson’s four year old daughter Exodus is on life support after she was found hanging from a treadmill cord yesterday morning. She was reportedly playing alone in the family’s Phoenix home when her older brother found her with the cord wrapped around her neck. The boy alerted the their mother in another room and she called 911 while trying to revive her.
Per People Via Fox News:
“Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there’s a cord that hangs under the console – it’s kind of a loop. Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it,” Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill told FOX News.
Responding officers and firefighters performed CPR on the girl while rushing her to nearby St. Joe’s Hospital. She was listed in “extremely critical condition” and on life support. The Phoenix Police Department are investigating but are certain the incident was an accident, calling it “tragic.” They believe Exodus’ 7-year-old brother was watching television and her mother was busy cleaning in another room when the incident happened. Tyson had been in Las Vegas but flew to Phoenix immediately after learning of the accident. Tyson could not immediately be reached for comment but 42West, a New York City public relations firm representing him, released a statement on the family’s behalf.
Per ESPN:
“The Tyson family would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks for all your prayers and support, and we ask that we be allowed our privacy at this difficult time,” the statement said.
This is sad and tragic in every way. Our thoughts and prayers go out to little Exodus and the entire Tyson family, and hope for Exodus’ full recovery.
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