I Was Clinically Dead For 90 Seconds Because My Teacher Thought My Epilepsy Was A “Trend.” My Friend Didn’t Survive, And The School Is Trying To Cover It Up. We Just Leaked The Security Footage. Is This Enough To Put Her In Jail?

The Breaking Point

I could feel my consciousness slipping. My muscles were already starting to twitch. The sub actually turned the speed up on the strobe.

“When I was in school, nobody had seizures. Now suddenly everyone’s neurodivergent. Thanks, social media.”

My body wasn’t mine anymore. The seizure hit like a lightning bolt. Sarah told me later that’s when things got really bad. My seizure was violent: thrashing, foaming, turning blue. She tried to turn me on my side, but I was convulsing too hard.

“She’s dying!”

Sarah screamed, my blood on her hands from where I’d bitten my tongue. The sub stood there eating an apple.

“Oscar-worthy performance, though the fake blood is a bit much.”

That’s when Billy lost it. This sweet, quiet kid who never caused trouble. He grabbed a music stand like a battering ram.

“Violence, really?”

The sub pulled out her phone to record.

“This is going straight to the principal.”

He swung at the Smartboard. Crack. The screen went black.

“Destruction of property!”

She shrieked.

“That’s a felony!”

A Tragic Outcome

But Billy didn’t stop. He turned and smashed the door window. Glass everywhere. David was having his own seizure three feet away. Jenna, vomiting from the strobe exposure. Complete chaos.

“Assault! You’re all going to jail!”

That’s when my boyfriend Darren saw me through the broken window and completely lost it. He reached through, slicing his hand on the glass, fumbling for the lock.

“Don’t you dare!”

The sub screamed, but Emily and Billy held her back. The door flew open. Teachers came flooding in.

“Call 911!”

Someone screamed.

“Multiple students seizing.”

The sub was still yelling as they restrained her.

“They’re all faking! This is mass hysteria.”

The paramedics said I was clinically dead for 90 seconds. They had to intubate me right there in the hallway while working on David, ten feet away. Turns out he had undiagnosed epilepsy. Miss Blackwood was given paid time off while her performance was under review. A few of the parents worked to set up a GoFundMe to cover treatment costs.