N.J. boy, 12, dies after collapsing during no-contact football practiceElijah Jordan Brown-Garcia, a sixth-grade student at KIPP Rise Academy in Newark, was running drills Feb. 10 when he collapsed and became unresponsive.
Feb. 17, 2023, 12:42 PM EST / Updated Feb. 17, 2023, 1:55 PM EST
By Minyvonne Burke and Alec Hernandez,
NBC NewsA New Jersey mother wants answers after her 12-year-old son died after collapsing during a no-contact football practice.
Elijah Jordan Brown-Garcia, a sixth-grade student at KIPP Rise Academy in Newark, was running drills Feb. 10 when he collapsed and became unresponsive, according to his family and a school spokesperson.
"He was so happy to be there. He didn’t know that it was going to be his last day," the boy’s mother, Raven Brown, told News 12 New Jersey. ...
