15-year-old Keshaun Allen of Savannah, Georgia, suffered a medical emergency during a football game and died suddenly on 2 October.
17-year-old Breanne McKean of Ohio died suddenly during homecoming festivities on 29 September after collapsing at Mapleton High School football field where she was part of the homecoming court.
13-year-old Heather Freligh of Tracy, California, was in class at Art Freiler School when she slumped at her desk and collapsed on the floor with cardiac arrest. Given CPR by the principal, she recovered at the local hospital.
12-year-old Kaden Gunter, a football player at Greeneville Tennessee Middle School collapsed during football practice with a "cardiac emergency" and died suddenly on 22 September.
Other student children died getting ready for school, sleeping, or playing.
15-year-old C’Anna Ramirez, a student at East Providence High School in Rhode Island died suddenly in her sleep prior to the start of classes on the morning of 4 October.
8-year-old Stella Quinn DuPont of DeBary Florida was at SeaWorld on 15 October with family when she collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. She had "spontaneous bleeding near her brain stem" and died on 17 October.
Surely there have been similar deaths involving cardiac arrest in other schools. Why else would the programs described below be offered.