Although there is no confirmed cause for the young boy's death, his family believes Yahshua suffered from an acute heat stroke as he was forced to run outside in gym class, despite repeatedly telling the teacher and other students that he did not feel well.
From KNBC-TV:
Family members say a teacher ignored a 12-year-old’s pleas for help before he died after being forced to run during sweltering heat at his Riverside County middle school.
Yahshua Robinson suffered a medical emergency Tuesday around 11 a.m. during his physical education class at Canyon Lake Middle School in Lake Elsinore. The temperature at the time was in the low- to mid-90 degrees.
Amarna Plummer said her nephew hadn’t dressed appropriately for P.E. and was told to run for not doing so. She said, according to other students, Yahshua started feeling ill.
"He was reaching out to the teacher, saying he needed some water. He said he couldn't breathe. He was telling the kids this,” Plummer said.
Robinson's condition got worse, and he passed out on the field, Plummer said. Emergency responders arrived a short time later, but Robinson was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, leaving his family devastated and furious.
"Why would you have a child in his clothes – he didn't dress out – running a field?” Plummer said.
Plummer said Yahshua’s mother is a P.E. instructor at a different school in the district. According to Plummer, her sister-in-law warned school administrators about the dangerous heat, though it’s unclear to whom she filed this complaint.
This is just unbelievably tragic.
Just imagine the horror this poor family is going through. Their innocent child went to school, like any other typical day, but did not return home.
It's absolutely unimaginable and this school and the instructer who allowed this to happen must be held accountable.
