2. Unpadded Kenny Luong Dies During Frat Football Game
UCLA student Kenny Luong died in 2005 after one “brutal blitz.” As part of Lambda Phi Epsilon’s hazing rituals, there was a football game. It matched 10 pledges against approximately 40 upperclassmen. It was a rough, no-pads, no-helmets, tackling contest. Pledges described it as “a brutal mismatch designed to inflict pain.” After about two hours, only three “little bros” remained. Luong, playing quarterback, took a snap, and went down under a blitz. When he never got up, teammates took him to the sidelines. After five minutes, upperclassmen realized something was wrong and called an ambulance. Luong suffered a fatal head injury, dying in the hospital two days later.
Earlier, pledges competed in various vigorous hazings. These included closed-fist push ups on gravel, drinking two gallons of water in one sitting, and jumping in the air from standing-position and landing on their chests without using their hands to break falls.
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