How NOT to Play
In a game of pretend gladiators with his police officer father, 11-year-old Conor Johnson was stabbed in the heart and died a few short hours later.
Ian Johnson, 40, told a coroner’s inquest how the four-inch stainless steel knife “slipped from my grasp” during some rough and tumble play with his son, Conor, 11, while he prepared dinner. The knife pierced the left ventricle of Conor’s heart.
It’s another one of those sad accidents that no one could ever predict. But please take care when you and your kids are playing today.
Times Online, July 7, 2006
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4 opinions for How NOT to Play
gary
Jul 7, 2006 at 10:42 am
i can’t imagine how these people feel, but at the same time you have to ask…who the hell engages in “rough and tumble” play with their kid while holding a knife?
yet another darwin award winner!
Hsien-Hsien Lei
Jul 7, 2006 at 10:50 am
gary: Ack. The news article said he had finished a bottle of wine just prior to this. :(
Kerri Aldrich
Jul 7, 2006 at 11:52 am
This one breaks my heart! Poor little guy.
Hsien-Hsien Lei
Jul 8, 2006 at 4:10 am
Kerri: It’s really awful.
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