Archie Battersbee has died because of the “Blackout Challenge”. In April of this year, Archie Battersbee took on the challenge. He died four months later. The 12-year-old boy was found unconscious in his mother’s room and was rushed to hospital.
Doctors put him on life support, but that didn’t help him get better. In May, an MRI showed the boy was “brain dead.” This led the court to decide that Archie’s life support should be switched off. In April, Archie Battersbee was taken to the Royal London Hospital and placed on life support. Since May, the parents have been fighting the court’s decision to stop giving her life support.
“Sadly, Archie passed away today at 12:15.” (6th August). I just want to say that I am the proudest mom in the world. He was a very handsome boy. She fought until the last moment and I am very proud to be her mother”.
Family member Ella Carter spoke about the boy’s death. She said Archie was stable until medical staff “stopped breathing for him and he turned completely blue.”
“It is absolutely not dignified to see a family member or a child die of suffocation. No family should have to go through what ours went through. It’s cruel.”
In recent days, Archie’s family petitioned the High Court to have him transferred to a hospice where he could die. But the court did not agree and the boy will have to stay at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, which is in east London.
In a news story, the doctor said that further treatment of the boy was “useless” and that there were other ways to help him.
Alistair Chesser, medical director of the NHS Trust, an organization helping the family of Archie Battersbee after his tragic accident, told the media that the boy “passed away on Saturday afternoon”.
“His family members were at his bedside, and we are thinking of them and sending them our deepest condolences during this difficult time.”
He thanked the doctors and nurses at the Royal London Hospital, saying they “provided high-quality care with extraordinary compassion over a period of several months in what were often difficult and distressing circumstances.”
He went on to say that Archie’s accident had affected many people across the UK. He said: “This sad story affected not only the family and the people who took care of him, but also many people across the country.” Archie Battersbee participated in the “blackout challenge”, which is a well-known TikTok challenge.
On April 7, Archie’s family found him unconscious in the house. He had a very serious brain injury. His mother believes he participated in the “blackout challenge” which has killed more than a few people around the world.
Parents sue TikTok after two girls die in blackout challenge: How could the platform have prevented people from dying? For the challenge, people must hold their breath until they feel like passing out. It was a very dangerous challenge and many other children died because of it.
Last year, the challenge killed Lalani Erika Renee Walton, 8, of Temple, Texas, and Arriani Jaileen Arroyo, 9, of Milwaukee. Her parents have sued TikTok because she promoted and displayed such a dangerous challenge.