BOY WHO DIED AFTER GYM RUN IS MOURNED ATHLETE: FRIENDS, FAMILY RECALL 'A PERFECT KID' AUTOPSY IS TODAY.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer BURBANK -- Students and parents on Friday mourned the death of an 11-year-old student, known as a star athlete, who collapsed during a run with his gym class. Austin Cook had just started running around an outdoor track at John Muir Middle School A middle school part of the Huron Valley School District located in Milford, MI. It is located in Milford, MI in Oakland County, MI. It is directly across the street from Baker Elementary. Muir Middle School serves grades 6 through 8. The mascot is the Hawkeye. when he fell, got back up and then fell again, authorities said. The boy was taken to a hospital, where he later died. School district officials initially said Austin seemed to have died of heart trouble. A coroner's autopsy is scheduled for today to determine the exact cause of death. "He was a nice kid. He was a perfect kid," Austin's stepmother, Natalie Cook Natalie Louise Cook OAM (born January 19, 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. Cook was born in Townsville, Queensland. She was the dux of her high school, and subsequently studied medicine. , said. "I mean, we had no problems with (him). He was a smart kid. He, I mean he was perfect, the perfect attitude." School administrators said Austin was doing the "bean run" in a group comprising three gym classes, when he collapsed. Children said the bean run is a regular activity at the school that involves running around the track as many times as they can in 22 minutes, and that Austin usually excelled at the run. On Thursday, Austin had just started to run when he fell, but he immediately got back up and started running again, said Lt. Jon Murphy of the Burbank Police Department The Burbank Police Department is the police department serving Burbank, California. Tim Stehr became the Police Chief of the department on August 1, 2007. The previous chiefs were Thomas Hoefel, David Newsham and Glen Bell. , which interviewed gym teachers and some students. The boy ran a few more feet, stumbled, steadied himself on a bench, walked a few more steps, stumbled again, walked a little, then fell, Murphy said. The nearest gym teacher was encouraging Austin to slow down before he collapsed, Murphy said. Paramedics went to the school at 10:30 a.m. Thursday and brought Austin to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is a hospital in Burbank, California, USA. The hospital has 455 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. It's adress is: 501 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505. , where he was pronounced dead at 1:45 p.m., said police Lt. Brian Matthews Brian Matthew (born 17 September 1928, in Coventry) is a veteran British broadcaster, who became well known in the 1960s. He is still broadcasting on radio for the BBC, having presented Sounds of the 60s . Student Raul Ochoa, 11, said he was running near Austin when he collapsed. "He stumbled and then fell, collapsed and then he just stayed there," Raul said. After the boy collapsed, Raul said, gym teachers gathered around him and one of the teachers took his pulse. Brandon Spengeman, 12, said he played a pickup Pickup A gain in yield made by selling one bond and buying another. Also referred to as "yield pickup." Notes: When the present yield is relatively low compared to the longer-term yields, pickups will be done by investors trying to increase the yield and duration of their game of football with Austin during a school break right before the boy went to gym class, and that Austin was running around and not complaining of any pain. Austin's classmates Classmates can refer to either:
"He never, ever really gave put-downs. He was mostly a peaceful guy," Brandon said. Said Raul: "He always had a smile on his face. He had a good sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour . He was a great runner, a great athlete, played football, played basketball, loved football." School district officials said nothing in Austin's school health record raised any red flags. alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com 818-546-3304 |
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