"Terri of the Bronx" has died

Quietly, and without news attention, Teron Francis, a 13-year-old boy in the Bronx has died, as of 5:05pm (EST) 4/28/05.

His situation had been compared to Terri Schiavo's (though in his case he was on a ventilator), with his doctors fighting in the courts to remove his life support and his family wanting them to keep their son alive.

In this case, however, it seems that the judge had ordered the hospital to keep him on the ventilator, but then later, citing the agreement of the family, sent an order to have the ventilator removed.

Regretfully I have not kept up on this case as I would have liked to, so I am still not entirely sure of the circumstances, but no matter what - a young boy has died, perhaps before his time, and he and his family are in need of our prayers.

Further information is available at: BlogsforTerri