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Yahoo
12 hours ago
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Contract employee dies at LSU Tiger Stadium Monday afternoon
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A contract employee at LSU's Tiger Stadium reportedly died in the venue after a medical emergency. According to LSU, on-site personnel attempted first aid Monday afternoon but were not successful. The workers' identity has not been shared at this time. The university released the following statement after the incident. 'We are saddened to share that a contract employee experienced a medical emergency earlier today at Tiger Stadium. On-site personnel responded with first aid, but the individual could not be revived. Our thoughts are with their family and colleagues.' LSU No further details were immediately available. Latest News Gunman kills four, including NYPD officer, in Manhattan skyscraper shooting New Orleans Saints defensive line shines in padded practice Louisiana Congressman Cleo Fields speaks on 'The Big Beautiful Bill' New Orleans Saints safety Julian Blackmon finally teams up with Brandon Staley Zachary Rouses, shopping center prepares for major upgrades Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
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13 hours ago
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Girl stabbed in Southport attack calls for first aid training in schools
A girl who thought she was 'going to die' after being stabbed in the Southport attack has called for mandatory first aid training in schools. In an interview with Sky News marking one year since the attack, when Axel Rudakubana killed three schoolchildren, the girl said it was 'disgusting' that young people carried knives. Advertisement The girl had attended the Taylor Swift dance class with her younger sister on July 29 last year. She was stabbed in her arm and her back by Rudakubana, during the attack in which he murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and attempted to kill eight other children and two adults. Describing the incident, the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: 'Some of the girls were sat down in a circle making bracelets with the teachers, and then a couple of them were getting up to get beads and I was stood in between two tables, and he came through the doors and stabbed a little girl in front of me, and then came for me and stabbed my arm. 'I turned and then he stabbed my back, even though I didn't feel it at the time, and then I went on to the landing where there was a bunch of girls huddled around, so I just started pushing them down the stairs, telling them to get out and to run.' Advertisement She added: 'I was thinking 'Where's my sister?' and 'We need to get out'. 'So I was just trying to get as many people out as I could, just trying to help them and get them to safety.' 'I just thought I was going to die,' the girl added. Asked what she remembered most about her attacker, she said 'his eyes'. Advertisement 'They just didn't look human, they looked possessed. 'It was kind of like a dream, I don't know how else to explain it, it was kind of like a dream and you're on a movie set and you're watching yourself go through it and make these decisions.' The girl said the neighbours who helped the victims and sheltered some of the children in their house 'deserve recognition', as do the other girls who were present at the attack. She has since launched a campaign for children to receive mandatory first aid training in school, and a clothing range called Go Anywhere, Be Anything, which highlights knife crime. Advertisement 'Everyone that's going out and carrying knives is getting younger and younger and to think that it's people my age is disgusting,' the girl said. 'To think that anyone does it at all is disgusting. 'But I just want to try and do the best I can to let people know that it's not OK to do that.' After learning that Rudakubana had pleaded guilty, meaning that she was no longer required to give evidence at his trial, the girl said she was 'raging' and that it had been 'so much stress' preparing to face him in the courtroom. Advertisement The killer, who was 17 at the time of the attack, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years, in January. On her hopes for the inquiry into the incident, and whether it could have been prevented, she said: 'That they get the facts of all the failings that happened, and that we rectify it so that it doesn't happen again, because he just slipped through the net didn't he, when you think about it?' She added: 'You live in fear every day that it could happen again, and my sister is like, just nervous leaving the house, going to school. 'When she's in the car, she's asking if the doors are locked and if anyone can get in. She just… it's truly traumatised.' Of the effects on herself a year on, the girl said: 'I'm physically getting better every day and healing. 'Obviously, my scars stay as a reminder but everyone on that day is going to have mental scars forever.'
The Independent
13 hours ago
- The Independent
Girl stabbed in Southport attack calls for first aid training in schools
A girl who thought she was 'going to die' after being stabbed in the Southport attack has called for mandatory first aid training in schools. In an interview with Sky News marking one year since the attack, when Axel Rudakubana killed three schoolchildren, the girl said it was 'disgusting' that young people carried knives. The girl had attended the Taylor Swift dance class with her younger sister on July 29 last year. She was stabbed in her arm and her back by Rudakubana, during the attack in which he murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and attempted to kill eight other children and two adults. Describing the incident, the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: 'Some of the girls were sat down in a circle making bracelets with the teachers, and then a couple of them were getting up to get beads and I was stood in between two tables, and he came through the doors and stabbed a little girl in front of me, and then came for me and stabbed my arm. 'I turned and then he stabbed my back, even though I didn't feel it at the time, and then I went on to the landing where there was a bunch of girls huddled around, so I just started pushing them down the stairs, telling them to get out and to run.' She added: 'I was thinking 'Where's my sister?' and 'We need to get out'. 'So I was just trying to get as many people out as I could, just trying to help them and get them to safety.' 'I just thought I was going to die,' the girl added. Asked what she remembered most about her attacker, she said 'his eyes'. 'They just didn't look human, they looked possessed. 'It was kind of like a dream, I don't know how else to explain it, it was kind of like a dream and you're on a movie set and you're watching yourself go through it and make these decisions.' The girl said the neighbours who helped the victims and sheltered some of the children in their house 'deserve recognition', as do the other girls who were present at the attack. She has since launched a campaign for children to receive mandatory first aid training in school, and a clothing range called Go Anywhere, Be Anything, which highlights knife crime. 'Everyone that's going out and carrying knives is getting younger and younger and to think that it's people my age is disgusting,' the girl said. 'To think that anyone does it at all is disgusting. 'But I just want to try and do the best I can to let people know that it's not OK to do that.' After learning that Rudakubana had pleaded guilty, meaning that she was no longer required to give evidence at his trial, the girl said she was 'raging' and that it had been 'so much stress' preparing to face him in the courtroom. The killer, who was 17 at the time of the attack, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years, in January. On her hopes for the inquiry into the incident, and whether it could have been prevented, she said: 'That they get the facts of all the failings that happened, and that we rectify it so that it doesn't happen again, because he just slipped through the net didn't he, when you think about it?' She added: 'You live in fear every day that it could happen again, and my sister is like, just nervous leaving the house, going to school. 'When she's in the car, she's asking if the doors are locked and if anyone can get in. She just… it's truly traumatised.' Of the effects on herself a year on, the girl said: 'I'm physically getting better every day and healing. 'Obviously, my scars stay as a reminder but everyone on that day is going to have mental scars forever.'
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Yahoo
Girl stabbed in Southport attack calls for first aid training in schools
A girl who thought she was 'going to die' after being stabbed in the Southport attack has called for mandatory first aid training in schools. In an interview with Sky News marking one year since the attack, when Axel Rudakubana killed three schoolchildren, the girl said it was 'disgusting' that young people carried knives. The girl had attended the Taylor Swift dance class with her younger sister on July 29 last year. She was stabbed in her arm and her back by Rudakubana, during the attack in which he murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and attempted to kill eight other children and two adults. Describing the incident, the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: 'Some of the girls were sat down in a circle making bracelets with the teachers, and then a couple of them were getting up to get beads and I was stood in between two tables, and he came through the doors and stabbed a little girl in front of me, and then came for me and stabbed my arm. 'I turned and then he stabbed my back, even though I didn't feel it at the time, and then I went on to the landing where there was a bunch of girls huddled around, so I just started pushing them down the stairs, telling them to get out and to run.' She added: 'I was thinking 'Where's my sister?' and 'We need to get out'. 'So I was just trying to get as many people out as I could, just trying to help them and get them to safety.' 'I just thought I was going to die,' the girl added. Asked what she remembered most about her attacker, she said 'his eyes'. 'They just didn't look human, they looked possessed. 'It was kind of like a dream, I don't know how else to explain it, it was kind of like a dream and you're on a movie set and you're watching yourself go through it and make these decisions.' The girl said the neighbours who helped the victims and sheltered some of the children in their house 'deserve recognition', as do the other girls who were present at the attack. She has since launched a campaign for children to receive mandatory first aid training in school, and a clothing range called Go Anywhere, Be Anything, which highlights knife crime. 'Everyone that's going out and carrying knives is getting younger and younger and to think that it's people my age is disgusting,' the girl said. 'To think that anyone does it at all is disgusting. 'But I just want to try and do the best I can to let people know that it's not OK to do that.' After learning that Rudakubana had pleaded guilty, meaning that she was no longer required to give evidence at his trial, the girl said she was 'raging' and that it had been 'so much stress' preparing to face him in the courtroom. The killer, who was 17 at the time of the attack, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years, in January. On her hopes for the inquiry into the incident, and whether it could have been prevented, she said: 'That they get the facts of all the failings that happened, and that we rectify it so that it doesn't happen again, because he just slipped through the net didn't he, when you think about it?' She added: 'You live in fear every day that it could happen again, and my sister is like, just nervous leaving the house, going to school. 'When she's in the car, she's asking if the doors are locked and if anyone can get in. She just… it's truly traumatised.' Of the effects on herself a year on, the girl said: 'I'm physically getting better every day and healing. 'Obviously, my scars stay as a reminder but everyone on that day is going to have mental scars forever.'
Sky News
21 hours ago
- Sky News
Southport stabbing victim reveals how she survived attack - and fears 'it could happen again'
A girl who was stabbed in the Southport attack has told Sky News how she thought she was going to die that day. Warning: Some readers may find this content distressing It is exactly a year since Axel Rudakubana killed three girls and attempted to murder eight others at a summer holiday Taylor Swift-themed dance event in the seaside town. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was stabbed in the back and the arm after going to the class with her younger sister. She is now campaigning for children to have mandatory first aid training at school in response to the growth of knife crime. She said she clearly remembers what happened that day. "Some of the girls were sat down in a circle making bracelets with the teachers, and a couple of them were getting up to get beads. I was standing between two tables and he came through the doors. "He stabbed a little girl in front of me and then came for me and stabbed my arm. I turned and then he stabbed my back, even though I didn't feel it at the time. "There was a bunch of girls huddled around so I just started pushing them down the stairs, telling them to get out and run. "I was thinking 'Where's my sister?' and 'We need to get out'." She and many of the other victims ran to the house of a neighbour for shelter. "I just thought that I was going to die," she said. Killer 'looked possessed' The girl said she can clearly picture Rudakubana that day. "What I remember most about him is his eyes. They just didn't look human, they looked possessed. It was kind of like a dream and you're on a movie set and watching yourself go through it and make these decisions. "It's just kind of like adrenaline. People like to think they know what they'd do in that situation but, in reality, you don't until you're in it." Six-year-old Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, who was seven, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar died in the attack. It is something she finds difficult to talk about. "I don't think I can express how I feel about it," the girl said. "A lot of anger and sadness." In January, Rudakubana was jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 52 years before he can be considered for release. The chairman of the public inquiry into the atrocity called the attack "one of the most egregious crimes in our country's history". Carrying knives 'disgusting' The girl who survived has now launched a campaign, supported by a clothing range called "Go Anywhere, Be Anything" to raise funds, to improve the ability of schoolchildren to help in the event of knife attacks. "Everyone that's going out and carrying knives is getting younger and younger," she said. "And to think that it's people my age is like disgusting. "I just want to try and do the best I can to let people know that it's not okay to do that and that they need to think about what they're doing and the risks and how they're harming themselves and other people." Her sister, who was also there that day, helped design "Go Anywhere, Be Anything". A three-minute silence will be held in Southport at 3pm to mark one year on from the attack. In an open letter to the community, Sefton Council wrote: "This period is incredibly hard for the families of Alice, Bebe and Elsie and all of those children and adults injured or who suffered lifelong psychological impact of witnessing the attack, and we acknowledge the huge impact on their lives, too. "We must not forget the local people who rushed to support and to our emergency responders. They all remain always in our thoughts." It is a sentiment shared by the survivor. "You live in fear every day that it could happen again," she said.
