eli wasn t breathing. he was blue in the face. you had to call your mom. i called her when i went outside, waiting for 911. and told her? told her eli died. were you able to fully tell her why? no. i was ashamed of myself for failing him more or less. i felt like i d failed him. justin rippentropp was a teen when elijah stai s family had taken him in, raised him as their own. after everything they d done for me, and eli was laying there dead and i was alive. elijah suffered multiple organ failures and went into cardiac arrest, cutting the oxygen supply to his brain. when i got to the hospital, doctors said that eli was brain dead. he was in the hospital for three days. he was on life support.
okay, where s the house? it s east grand forks. i don t think he s breathing at all. no, he s dead. we need somebody now. i know. can you guys start cpr with him? it was three days before eli s birthday. he would be 18? yeah. he wanted to go to grand forks to see his cousin and spend time there with justin. melissa katz s son, elijah stai, was in grand forks to celebrate an upcoming birthday. he was with his foster brother, justin rippentropp. what were you planning that weekend? not a whole lot. just hang out basically. they would find themselves hanging out and sleeping over at the home of a cousin s boyfriend. neither had known 18-year-old adam budge, but he seemed nice. budge said he had a special treat, a bag of chocolate that he had cooked with a white powder he said was extract from psychedelic mushrooms.
we need an ambulance. we have a kid here who s not breathing. okay, where s the house? it s east grand forks. i don t think he s breathing at all. no, he s dead. we need somebody now. i know. can you guys start cpr with him? it was three days before eli s birthday. he would be 18? yeah. he wanted to go to grand forks to see his cousin and spend time there with justin. melissa katz s son, elijah stai, was in grand forks to celebrate an upcoming birthday. he was with his foster brother, justin rippentropp. what were you planning that weekend? not a whole lot. just hang out basically. they would find themselves hanging out and sleeping over at the home of a cousin s boyfriend. neither had known 18-year-old adam budge, but he seemed nice. budge said he had a special treat, a bag of chocolate that he had cooked with a white powder he said was extract from
eli wasn t breathing. he was blue in the face. you had to call your mom. i called her when i went outside, waiting for 911. and told her? told her eli died. were you able to fully tell her why? no. i was ashamed of myself for failing him more or less. i felt like i d failed him. justin rippentropp was a teen when elijah stai s family had taken him in, raised him as their own. after everything they d done for me, and eli was laying there dead and i was alive. elijah suffered multiple organ failures and went into cardiac arrest, cutting the oxygen supply to his brain. when i got to the hospital, doctors said that eli was brain dead.
we need an ambulance. we have a kid here who s not breathing. okay, where s the house? it s east grand forks. i don t think he s breathing at all. no, he s dead. we need somebody now. i know. can you guys start cpr with him? it was three days before eli s birthday. he would be 18? yeah. he wanted to go to grand forks to see his cousin and spend time there with justin. melissa katz s son, elijah stai, was in grand forks to celebrate an upcoming birthday. he was with his foster brother, justin rippentropp. what were you planning that weekend? not a whole lot. just hang out basically. they would find themselves hanging out and sleeping over at the home of a cousin s boyfriend. neither had known 18-year-old adam budge, but he seemed nice. budge said he had a special treat, a bag of chocolate that he had cooked with a white powder he said was extract from psychedelic mushrooms.