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In 2006, Carrie Draher found her15 year old son Levi' s lifeless body hanging with a rope around his neck. Levi was clinically dead, but was resuscitated and, after a three day coma, and flying in the face of all medical expectation. regained consciousness. He has since more fully fully recovered than any survivor of which we are aware. As a result, Carrie has become and advocate and developer of an educational program for use by educators and others to educate our children as to the dangers of risky adolescent behaviors. She has worked tirelessly to create this tool which is available at no charge for anyone who wishes to use it. Carrie and her husband reside in Wichita, KS. Click here to watch a video about the experience which lead her to create this program. On a beautiful evening in May, 2005 as my husband and I headed home, our cell rang. The first words my daughter spoke were "Mom, I need you here so bad. Braden hung himself in his closet." That was my introduction to the dreadful risky behavior known as "The Choking Game". At the time, I knew nothing about it. Braden's death certificate lists the cause of death as suicide as is the case with so many other kids who have died from this activity. And like the other kids who have perished as a result of TCG, he never intended to die. Braden was my 13 year old grandson and his death changed our lives forever. As a result of his death, I have attempted to do whatever I can to educate about the dangers of this activity. I created stop-the-choking-game.com, a web site dedicated to gathering data and informing parents, educators and kids about TCG. I now serve as the Network Director and Secretary/Treasurer of Ed4Ed. Leslie serves as the Injury Prevention Specialist with Ed4Ed, an army of educators seeking to reach other educators for a common goal - keeping kids safe through education about risk taking behaviors, especially "the choking game". Her passion is helping others, mentoring and inspiring women to be their best, teaching and keeping kids/adults safe. ...