{"id":59259,"date":"2012-10-05T21:15:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T01:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=59259"},"modified":"2022-12-05T16:10:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T21:10:50","slug":"pappas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/05\/pappas\/","title":{"rendered":"ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ community mourns death of student injured in fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College President Clayton Spencer tonight sent an email message to the campus community to share the news that first-year student Troy J. Pappas, 18, of Eliot, Maine, died this afternoon.<\/p>\n

In accordance with Troy\u2019s wishes, the family is pursuing the option to donate his organs.<\/p>\n

In her message, Spencer wrote, \u201cThis news is heartbreaking for Troy\u2019s family and for the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Troy died at 4:10 p.m., Oct. 5, six days after a fall<\/a> down a stairwell in Parker Hall on the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ campus the night of Saturday, Sept. 29. He had been in treatment at Central Maine Medical Center since very shortly after the incident, and his family was with him.<\/p>\n

College staff have been providing emotional support and counseling for members of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ community throughout this difficult time, and will continue to do so in the coming days and weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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