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NOW TO BREAKING NEWS AT SIX.....
JACKSON-PREP FOOTBALL- PLAYER
WALKER WILBANKS HAS DIED, AFTER
GETTING
VIOLENTLY-ILL DURING FRIDAY
NIGHT'S GAME
AGAINST OXFORD.
16 WAPT'S SCOTT SIMMONS REPORTS
HE
MAY HAVE DIED FROM TOO MUCH
WATHER
A PRAYER VIGIL STARTING NOW ON
CAMPUS FOR JACKSON PREP
STUDENTS,
FAMILY AND FACULTY. IT WAS A
HARD
WEEKEND...AND A HARDER START TO
THE
WEEK...COPING WITH A YOUNG
ATHLETE WHO
DIED TOO SOON.
FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE JACKSON PREP
GRIDIRON AND NUMBER 65 ON YOUR
SCREEN IS
PLAYING IN A "REAL FEEL
TEMPERATURE" OF
90-DEGREES AT 8:30 AT NIGHT. BY
HALF-TIME WALKER WILBANKS IS
VOMITTING AND CAN'T HOLD
ANYTHING DOWN.
EMERGENCY CREWS RUSHED HIM TO
THE
HOSPITAL... WHERE HE HAD A
SEIZURE IN THE E-R. HE REMAINED
IN CRITICAL CONDITION UNTIL HIS
PASSING
MONDAY. HE'S PLIGHT IMPACTED
CAMPUSES ACROSS THE METRO:
PRAYER
VIGILS AT RIVAL JACKSON ACADEMY.
AT
MADISON CENTRAL..HIGH SCHOOL AND
SUNDAY NIGHT .. AT MIDFIELD ..
AT JACKSON PREP.
JASON WALTON/HEAD OF
SCHOOL-JACKSON PREP: WE HAVE
COUNSELORS WHO ARE ON HAND WE
HAVE AUGMENTED OUR STAFF
SUBSTANTIALLY WITH AREA YOUTH
MINISTERS AND THEY ARE ON HAND
TO SORT OF HELP US AND THE
STUDENTS AS THEY COPE WITH THIS
NEWS. CARS ON CAMPUS
HAVE "PRAY 4 WALKER" WRITTEN ON
THEM.
SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
COST THIS
HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR HIS LIFE. ONE
POSSIBLE
CAUSE , ACCORDING TO SOURCES, IS
OVER
HYDRATION: DRINKING TOO MUCH
WATER.
HENRY SHOTO/RUNNER: I TAKE
ENOUGH WATER IN TO KNOW
THAT I AM NOT DEHYDRATED.
HEATHER JORDAN/RUNNER:
GOT TO REPLENISH YOUR BODY.
RUNNERS WORKING OUT AT PARHAM
BRIDGES PARK SAID THEY HAD HEARD
OF DEHYDRATION BUT NOT
OVER-HYDRATION...
IT HAPPENED TO A GEORGIA TEEN
THIS
MONTH... A 17-YEAR OLD WHO
DRANK TOO MANY FLUIDS FOLLOWING
A
PRACTICE. HAP HUDSON/HEALTHPL EX
PERFORMANCE: ITS HARD TO SAY
THERE IS NO MAGIC
AMOUNT. HAP HUDSON WITH
HEALTHPLEX PEFORMANCE SAYS
THERE IS NO SET AMOUNT THAT CAN
CAUSE OVERHYDRATION.
HAP HUDSON/HEALTHPL EX
PERFORMANCE: WHEN THE BODY GETS
TOO MUCH WATER IT CAN
ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN TO WHERE IT
EFFECTS THE BRAIN, THE
KIDNEYS..AND IT DOES THE
OPPOSITE. THE FAMILY OF THE
FALLEN TEEN IS ASKING FOR
PRIVACY...AS THE JACKSON PREP
FAMILY HUDDLES TOGETHER TO
MOURN THE SUDDEN PASSING OF
YOUNG
ATHLETE ...WHO CLEARLY TOUCHED
ALL
WHO KNEW HIM OR COMPETED AGAINST
HIM.
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