{"id":128162,"date":"2021-06-09T10:20:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T10:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=128162"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:20:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T10:20:05","slug":"fit-and-healthy-student-22-dies-suddenly-after-using-punch-bag-in-the-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/fit-and-healthy-student-22-dies-suddenly-after-using-punch-bag-in-the-gym\/","title":{"rendered":"Fit and healthy student, 22, dies suddenly after using punch bag in the gym"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fit and healthy student tragically died suddenly after collapsing during a workout in the gym.<\/p>\n

Ethan James Williams, 22, collapsed suddenly after using a punch bag while he was at JD Gyms in Liverpool city centre with his mates, Liverpool Echo reports.<\/p>\n

Staff at the venue and other gymgoers performed CPR on Ethan, but despite their best efforts he was tragically pronounced dead a short time later at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.<\/p>\n

The results of a post-mortem examination later confirmed he had died as a result of a blood clot on his lung.<\/p>\n

His family have now paid tribute to an "incredible person" and set up a GoFundMe page in his honour, six months on from his death on December 7 last year.<\/p>\n

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The GoFundMe page was set up by Ethan's sister, Sarah Williams, to raise money for a memorial bench and a tree in his memory. The rest of the funds will be donated to the mental health charity YoungMinds.<\/p>\n

Paying tribute, Sarah described Ethan as an "incredible person" who could fill any room he walked into "with love and laughter."<\/p>\n

Sarah told the ECHO: "He was just somebody that could make anybody feel better. He was so full of life and so energetic and fun.<\/p>\n

"He was the biggest character out of our family, he really was. There wasn't a bad bone in his body, he was just incredible.<\/p>\n

"I'm not just saying that because he's passed away he really was the most amazing person.<\/p>\n

"He could walk into any room and fill the room straight away with love and laughter."<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old, from Cardiff, was in his second year studying sociology at the University of Liverpool and "absolutely loved" life as a student in the city.<\/p>\n

He died on Monday, December 7, just four days before he was due to go home to spend Christmas with his family.<\/p>\n

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