Lauren Chang

Lauren Chang

Lauren Chang died from a trauma at the Minuteman Cheerleading Championships. She was 20 years old and from Worcester, Massachusetts.

Lauren Chang's family asks for increased safety measures

Lauren Chang died after getting injured at a Cheerleading competition this month. Her family is now asking the Cheerleading community to implement additional safety measures to prevent tragedies like this from happening in the future.




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Linked from http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/19/late_cheerleaders_kin_seek_safer_contests/
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"Lauren's death shows that safety and medical services are not adequate to meet athletic advances demonstrated in these competitions," the family said in a media advisory distributed yesterday.
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