AWFUL: 19-Year-Old Utah Man Collapses and Dies Suddenly In Front of his Family After Revealing the Country He was Going to for His Mormon Mission
Credit: The Mildenstein Family
Provo, Utah – What was supposed to be a cause for celebration turned into the most heartbreaking family tragedy imaginable.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday that 19-year-old Liam Mildenstein. a native of Provo, Utah, was reading his mission statement to his family in front of his entire family when he suddenly collapsed backward on the floor and later died.
The shocking medical episode occurred just after the excited young man revealed where he was being called to serve his Mormon mission. He had been hoping for weeks that he would be going to Japan and got his wish.
The family called 911 immediately but when medical personnel arrived it was too late.