'Suffocation is always possible': NC report reveals sleeping arrangements may have contributed to boy's death at NC wilderness camp
The 12-year-old boy had been required to sleep in a tube-like tent, enclosed by a solid plastic sheet. Upon discovering that the zipper for the tent was broken, the report says, "staff needed a zip tie out of the tool bag."
Posted — UpdatedUpon discovering that the zipper for the tent was broken, the report says, "staff needed a zip tie out of the tool bag." It doesn’t specify how the zip tie was used.
A staff member told law enforcement that they believed the sleeping arrangements "had a lot to do with" the boy’s death, according to the report, and that "suffocation is always possible if the equipment is being used wrong."
A Trails Carolina spokesperson previously said it uses the "tent-like weather-proof covers to support the psychological and emotional well being" of the children.
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