NC middle school student dies after cardiac arrest at football practice
WRAL • • sports
Key Points:
- A 13-year-old Northwest Guilford Middle School student, Caden Sorrell, went into cardiac arrest during football practice and later died.
- Caden had just started practice and collapsed after running a lap around the field, despite being described as healthy by his family.
- His sister Vanessa Clark remembered him as a kind and brilliant boy who loved football and made those around him feel loved.
- The family and friends are advocating for increased awareness and accessibility of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to help in cardiac emergencies.
- AEDs are costly and not always available in every location, but incidents like this highlight the need for better preparedness.
