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It appears that drugs have permeated every facet of our society, including future warriors.Two of these cadets,who suffered injury,were trying to save the lives of their fellow cadets by administering CPR.



Police arrest one suspect in connection to fentanyl-laced cocaine overdose that hospitalized six West Point cadets on spring break in Florida: Three remain hospitalized with two on ventilators in critical condition while one is stable.

A suspect believed to be connected to the group of spring breakers who overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl was arrested in Florida, police confirmed to WSVN Friday night.

Police in Wilton Manors, a city located in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro area, did not release the suspect's name or indicate their connection to the six West Point cadets who were hospitalized Thursday after overdosing on the drug. At least two of the students were football players at the military academy, located in New York.

A seventh individual, only identified as a woman, was later taken to the hospital and treated, the Sun-Sentinel reported. It is unclear if she suffered an overdose or what condition she is in. It is also unknown if she attended West Point with the other patients.

As of late Friday, only three remained in the hospital, the TV station reported. Two were in critical condition and on ventilators. The other patient is said to be in stable condition.

Two of the cadets had not ingested the drugs but were overcome by the effects of fentanyl when they attempted to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on their sickened friends, the Sun-Sentinel first reported on Friday. It is unknown where or how they obtained the drugs.

The students were staying in a short-term vacation rental home listed on VRBO for $360 per night. The 1,596-square-foot home features three bedrooms and two bathrooms, as well as a large backyard with a private pool, according to the listing, and is a 15-minute walk to the beach.

The home was vacated of the renters by Friday evening, according to reports. It remains unclear if the suspect was staying at the rental property with the spring breakers.

DailyMail.com reached to the U.S. Army Academy at West Point and was told by a representative that the prestigious military college was 'aware' of the incident in Florida involving its students.

'The U.S. Military Academy is aware of the situation involving West Point cadets, which occurred Thursday night in Wilton Manors, FL,' a West Point spokesperson said in an email. 'The incident is currently under investigation and no other details are available at this time.'

News helicopter video shows paramedics converging on the front yard of the short-term vacation rental home on NW 29th Court in Wilton Manors, where multiple people were found in cardiac arrest at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Footage from the scene shows first responders administering first aid and placing several individuals onto stretchers.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Gollan told Local10 that two of the people who overdosed were sickened because they tried to perform CPR on the initial four overdose victims. He said the opioid-overdose-reversing drug naloxone, which is sold under the brand name Narcan, was administered to revive the victims.

Neighbors described seeing the spring breakers being carried out of the rental home crowded with young vacationers.

'We saw paramedics pulling the kids out of the house, unconscious, just laying them on the grass,' Dana Fumosa, who lives a few doors down, told NBC6.

Neighborhood resident Cub Larkin, who also witnessed paramedics rescuing the students, said: 'We view our military at a much higher standard, and it was just completely heartbreaking.'

Four of the patients were taken to Broward Health Medical Center, and the remaining two were transported to Holy Cross Hospital.

'These are healthy young adults, college students in the prime of their life,' Gollan said. 'Getting this drug into their system, it’s unknown what the recovery will be on the critical individual.'

Fentanyl is an unpredictable and powerful synthetic painkiller blamed for driving an increase in fatal drug overdoses. It's 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine and used to treat severe pain, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. It also slows a person’s breathing and heart rate.

Neighbors in Wilton Manors told the Sun-Sentinel that the West Point cadets had been staying at the rental property for several days, and that on Wednesday night police were called for an unspecified reason.

Two local residents said they have repeatedly complained to the managers of the vacation property about excessive noise and rowdy parties.

'We’ve been hearing over the last couple of days, loud music, gatherings,' Fumosa told WSVN. 'It was guys and girls over there. They seemed to be having a good time barbecuing, and they were in the pool.' It is unclear if she complained about the travelers.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...erdose-hospitalized-spring-breakers.html

Cue the "just let the junkies die" chorus.

Probably won't sit well with the Honor Code.

Future bodyguards for Hunter Biden, maybe? If the Army gives them the boot, maybe the Secret Service will hire them!

Well, there are consequences for choices people make.....

Mess with the bull you’ll get the horns

Now-a-days your first hit can be your last.

Yep. And “honk for Joey” for opening up the Southern Border so the Mexican Cartels can bring in more fentanyl.

They'll al be allowed to stay in

Our military is a joke now except for the spec ops and they're being forced to lower their standards

Works for me except these weren't junkies

I was once a West Point cadet - class of 1989. Believe me, illegal drugs were popular with a few cadets even back then.

Regarding the Honor Code - the honor code says nothing about not partaking in illicit drugs - it simply states "A cadet will not lie, cheat, or steal, nor tolerate those who do".

I didn't know cadets got spring break....
Shouldn't they get staggered liberty?

i knew a guy who OD'd on fentanyl laced coke. young guy, good hard working dude but liked to party. bought it from some unknown dude at a casino. had it not been for his fellow firefighters and a shot of narcan, he would have died. its not all junkies doing this schit. sometimes its just people who like to party too hardy. no judgement from me either way because i grew up kind of wild. glad i got that schit out of my system 40+ years ago. you can't do any illicit drugs anymore with this fentanyl schit everywhere. people who knowingly sell that schit need to spend a long stretch in the graybar hotel.

Precisely.

Had a distant nephew OD with some Fentanyl boosted concoction. While dead in his bedroom his roomies borrowed his credit card and went out for a night of partying. His mom's had an extremely hard time getting by since. Bad stuff.

Damn - Can't lie, cheat, steal, rape other cadets, and now may (may) be denied illicit drug use. That only leaves drinking, non-adultery consensual sex, killing, and blowing stuff up.

It's hardly any fun being a military person anymore..... (insert sarcasm emoji).

Hope they were democrats.

It's college boys doing some blow that they didn't know was laced with fentanyl, I don't think this is the end of the world. Cocaine and cadets is not exactly a new development.

Can someone confirm that a person employing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation can receive a toxic dose of fentanyl from the victim?

you know that they are not junkies?....anyway junkies...cadets...pres son...etc...why should a shhitt be given...you want to fug around stuff can happen....bob