A 20 year old sophomore at Bowling Green State University is fighting for his life after being found in “dire” conditions after a fraternity prank incident. Stone Foltz was rushed to a hospital on Friday after he was found by his roommates after what a colleague described as a “deadly” and “crazy” alcohol-related hazing event.
A little more than 24 hours later, the Foltz family was faced with the unthinkable: to start the process of donating their organs.
“Please have respect, be considerate and passionate. Please do not post comments on details of what you have heard. Stone is still with us as we go through the process of donating her organs. Hug your children and tell them every day how much you love them, ”says the statement by Foltz’s mother, shared with the local media by a family lawyer.
The 20-year-old participated in an off-campus event for the BGSU chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity on Thursday night, where jurors were pressured to drink “copious” amounts of alcohol, according to Sean Alto, the family lawyer.
A Bowling Green student who spoke to the WTOL 11 news agency on the condition of anonymity said that the promised were instructed to drink “a handful of any alcoholic beverages” given to them and “finish everything as long as we are there before we leave.” “
An alcohol loop contains about 40 doses.
“It is crazy that they can allow this deadly and negligent drink to continue. I think it’s incredible that they try to hide behind this organization ”, said the student.
The university said it was aware of “alleged hazing activity involving drinking alcohol” at an off-campus event and “put this fraternity on temporary suspension while we work with local authorities”.
The fraternity released a statement saying it was “horrified and outraged” at the hazing incident.
“The fraternity has a zero tolerance policy towards illegal activities, substance abuse, bullying and prank calls of any kind. Let’s reiterate in the strongest terms: We refuse to defend or tolerate any behavior that creates dangerous environments or situations for our members or for the larger campus community in any of our more than 200 branches in the United States and abroad, ”he said. the statement.
The fraternity said it was cooperating with an investigation and suspended the section involved in the incident. Bowling Green police confirmed that an investigation was underway, but gave no further details.
Foltz graduated from Buckeye Valley High School, Ohio, in 2019, and was said to play a variety of sports.
Tragically, he ended life support a few months after a law designed to crack down on prank calls was stalled in the Ohio Senate.
“It happens year after year after year. This has been going on for a long time, and these young people in these fraternities who are given the reins of power, they just don’t seem to understand what they are doing wrong, ”Alto was quoted as saying by WTOL 11.“ It causes serious, catastrophic and altering damage. life and death. And they just don’t seem to understand. And, you know, one of the things I hope is that this year, Ohio lawmakers (could) pass Collin’s Law, which was introduced last year, but was not passed. “
As for the Foltz family, Alto said that “they are focused on the son now. I imagine that they will take it hourly, day by day. “