The drama of a mother who saw her child die in the middle of a futsal game: “He is purple”

According to the sad news published by the local newspaper ‘El Potosí’, Adán EN collapsed unexpectedly. «Without a prior signal, his small body fellleaving players, parents and coaches bewildered.

“The referee, believing it was a minor injury, stopped the match,” adds the information from the Bolivian newspaper. However, what followed was a scene filled with despair and tears. Parents ran in search of water and alcohol, while some, with medical knowledge, tried to revive him. But the minutes passed quickly until An ambulance arrived at the scene ten minutes later.. Although he was taken to an emergency center, his heart stopped beating, extinguishing the life of an athletic child full of dreams and energy.

The impact of the event hit the deceased boy Adan’s teammates and the spectators present. Among them, Adam’s mother: «Her pain echoed in the coliseum, leaving everyone heartbroken. ‘He was going to kick the ball and he fell. He didn’t get up anymore. “He was purple,” said the child’s mother through tears.

In addition to the immense sadness, ‘El Potosí’ reveals that the economic situation of the affected family is so precarious that their parents They don’t even have the resources to pay for their son’s coffin..

«Adam was the eldest of the couple’s three children. His mother describes him as a restless and sporty child. “He had prepared himself like never before to go play, but he didn’t know that he was going to lose his life playing the sport he liked the most.”

Once the fatal outcome was known, the sports championship, “organized by the Mayor’s Office for sixth grade students,” was suspended, according to the Sports Unit of the Government of Potosí.