Arkansas Freshman Garrett Uekman dies of unknown circumstances.....

+Joshua Hastings
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My heart goes out to Garrett Uekman's parents, family, friends, teammates and coaches. To die at 19 is a tragic loss and my thoughts and prayers are with everyone mourning. I can only imagine how hard this must be for his family. Shocking to say the least, they have the communities, coaches and many many fans support from all of the well wishes ppl continue giving at the end of the article if you go check it out. I pasted just a small sampling of the hundreds that continue to pour in, one every minute or two....

http://espn.go.com/ncf/conversations/_/id/7261953/arkansas-freshman-tight-end-garrett-uekman-dies-19

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Arkansas TE Garrett Uekman dies

Associated Press

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Arkansas' football team was in mourning Sunday following the death of backup tight end Garrett Uekman.


The university said Uekman was pronounced dead at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville on Sunday afternoon.


The cause of death wasn't immediately known, but the university said Uekman was found unconscious and unresponsive in his dorm room on campus at approximately 11:15 a.m. Sunday. He was last seen playing video games by a roommate approximately ...

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and i think that, no matter what team we root for, from teams in the sec all the way too the big 10 and everywhere in between, im sure that we can all put college football aside, and remember just how precious life is and that we should never take it for granted. once again, RIP Garrett Uekman. wps

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Dylan09Jake74SAVAGES

Don't take anything for granted. Praying for all those involved. I hope everybody can take something from this, and walk away being a better person. Such a tragedy.

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Go Heels Roll Tide

God Bless this family and prayers go out to them and his friends in this unexpected loss of their son and friend.
 

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busterhmen

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Woo. Pig. Sooie. Woo. Pig. Sooie. Razorbacks.

RIP

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jsticky870

Any indication of what caused it?

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mjsmit23

Given that he was normal then found dead randomly I would guess Enlarged heart. But thats only a random guess, I am a paramedic and I have seen far too many athletes die of it. Its a horrible condition that usually goes under the radar.

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evel_knieveljajaja

Just had a whole unit on deaths like these occurring in young athletes. Hopefully we continue to learn more to recognize it earlier so these deaths can be avoided.

Violence can invade anywhere at anytime, they don't hand you a gun when cross into Harlem....

+Joshua Hastings
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http://www.bulletsforever.com/2011/11/18/2569326/professional-athletes-club-violence-and-what-do-you-do-with-a-grand

I want to believe there is good in everyone. I really really do. Sadam Hussain and Osama Bin Laden for instance, I sat and tried to find their redeeming qualities, what part was inherantly "good". Was it that out of the public eye and spotlight they were loving fathers and husbands who had to pub on a facade to outsiders to maintain control for what they thought was the greater good. Obviously they both believed strongly in their beliefs however flawed I think they were.

I personally don't dislike any religion, as far as i'm concerned they all have their positives and negatives which  I prefer to just live by the saying of "To each his own". Basically everyone is free to believe is whatever higher power they wish and if there is an "afterlife" in their mind, so be it. I realize this isn't exactly on point with the problems athletes are having as far as robberies in the states recently and kidnappings in some of southern counties. Kidnappings for ransom are so common that people actually have jobs as hostage negotiators, as a go between that can be trusted between the family and the criminals, making sure one gets the money and the other gets what they paid for, the safe return of their loved one.

Every country, society, even some cities have different societal norms. If that was going on here and it was as openly prevalent there would be a public outcry, I can't imagine. However, it's a necessary evil in a country such as Venezuela to take some of the volatility out of an obviously stressful situation.

Here in the states one of the more publicized and tragic situations was the death of Sean Taylor, Miami Hurricane college football player after growing up a local product in a tough neighborhood and now starring for the Washington Redskins at the time. He walked in on a robbery and ended up bleeding out over some meaningless jewlery and money that i'm sure anyone would give up to have a loved one back in their lives. The perpetrators were caught and are in jail for decades now which hopefully will be where they spend the rest of their lives.

To me it's just all so senseless, do we all strive to be wealthy? I'm sure everyone wishes they had more money, there's never too much really, because you can always find something bigger and better then what you have....but sometimes there are more important things in life, it's took a lot of ups and downs to see that, but it's more then true, value the relationships you have that are "real". All your friends won't be there for you when you need them, believe me, actually most of them won't be there, you'll see someday who is standing there and for that, always hold that tight and don't let go because they deserve the same from you!