19-Year-Old Mom and Newborn Baby Both Die After She Delayed Her Cancer Treatment to Save Son

Photo: GoFundMe A 19-year-old mom died from leukemia just months after losing her newborn son after she delayed her cancer treatments to deliver him. “Without hesitation, [Rawlings] chose to halve her own chances of survival in order to give her son a fighting chance with as much time as possible – womb side,” friends and family wrote on the page. “For 12 whole days this beautiful little miracle graced his mum and dad with his presence.

19-Year-Old Russian Hockey Player Dies After Being Hit by a Puck

Photo: MHC Dynamo St. Petersburg Timur Faizutdinov, a defenseman for Dynamo St. Petersburg’s junior team, was taken to a hospital after being hit during a game against Loko Yaroslavl, his team said in astatementposted to their website, which was translated from Russian. He died from the injury on Tuesday. “The puck hit the head area, the player was hospitalized in serious condition. Doctors fought for his life for three days,” the team said of Faizutdinov.

19-Year-Old Student Dies, 2 Others Injured After Column Collapses at Lewis & Clark College

Photo: Don Ryan/AP/Shutterstock One student is dead and two others are injured after a column collapsed at an Oregon college the same day the semester began, per multiple reports. Portland Fire and Rescue said a 19-year-old man and two 18-year-old female classmates were sitting on hammocks at Lewis & Clark College in Portland on Monday when one of the attached masonry columns fell toward them, according toTodayandNBC News. “We are devastated to report that earlier this evening, a tragic accident occurred on the undergraduate campus in which one of our students was killed and two others were injured,” the school said.

19-Year-Old Texas Student Becomes Nation's Youngest Black Law School Graduate: 'It Feels Really Good'

Haley Taylor Schlitz.Photo: SMUHaley Taylor Schlitz is making history!Over the weekend, the 19-year-old studentgraduatedfrom Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. In the process, not only did she become the school’s youngest law school graduate, but she also became the youngest Black law school graduate in the country, according to theFort Worth Star-Telegram.“It feels really good,” she toldCBS Dallas/Fort Worth. “I’m really hoping to inspire anybody who hears my story.““We are incredibly proud of Haley and all she has accomplished during her time at SMU Law School,” SMU law professor Jennifer Collins toldGood Morning Americain a statement.

19-Year-Old Thriving After Surgery for Severe Scoliosis That Caused His Spine to 'Bend by the Hour'

John Sarcona, a 19-year-old who was once facing a severe form of scoliosis, is now feeling better than ever, thanks to a life-saving surgery. Every six months, he had rods surgically adjusted to lengthen his spine — a decision made after seeing several specialists. After a spinal surgery when he was 16 years old, he was “struggling to breathe and could hardly walk across the room” because his spine was quickly crushing his internal organs.