Eight members of children’s youth choir suffer ‘seizure-like symptoms’ during performance at Boston church

Eight children in a French choir performing at a Boston church fell ill. The crowd reported an odor, but investigators said they found nothing out of the orinary. - (Cambridge Fire Dept.)

Eight members of the Paris-based Chœur d’Enfants d’Île-de‑France were taken to Massachusetts hospitals Monday night after experiencing “seizure‑like” symptoms midway through their concert at St. Paul’s Church in Harvard Square.

The youth chorus, whose members are between 11 and 13 years old, was performing as part of their U.S. tour when crews were alerted around 7:30 p.m. to a child suffering from a seizure inside the Cambridge church.