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6-Year-Old Boy Left In Coma After Terrifying School Playground Incident

The school playground should be a safe place and an enjoyable time for a young child. Sadly, that wasn’t the case for a 6-year-old boy when things went terribly wrong during recess, leaving him almost unrecognizable and in a coma. Be warned, the images are graphic.

Alex Hook, a 6-year-old boy from Kenosha, Wisconsin, left his classroom for recess at River View Elementary on a Friday to have a good time, playing with his peers. Sadly, tragedy struck as the first-grader — who loves dinosaurs, trucks, boats, and hanging out with his brother Nathan — bent down, not realizing the innocent move was a recipe for disaster. Read the full story here ▶