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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Dan Warburton

Mum's desperate warning over online craze as she begs for more time for 'brain dead' son

A mum whose 12-year-old son was left clinging to life after taking part in a viral online game has issued a last-ditch plea to save his life.

Archie Battersbee ’s family fear the schoolboy took part in the “blackout challenge” when they discovered him with a ligature over his head.

He has spent eight weeks in an induced coma, with doctors saying it is “highly likely” that talented gymnast Archie is brain dead.

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