‘Found My Baby Foaming at the Mouth’: Maryland Boy Hospitalized In Neck Brace After Alleged Hanging Incident In School Bathroom That Officials Wrote Off as ‘Horseplay’

A Maryland mother claims in a viral social media post that her young son was hung on a stall door hook in the boys’ bathroom at school, resulting in his hospitalization in a neck brace. The alleged incident happened on Nov. 15 at C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School. School officials called 911 after finding the boy hitched up, but details remain murky about what actually transpired between the two youths. On the same day, Barnhart Principal Carrie Burke released a statement saying the two students had been “horseplaying” when the situation took a dangerous turn. A second grader at Charles County Elementary School was reportedly hospitalized after he was hung by another student. (Photo: Facebook/The Arkansas Justice Project) Later on social media, the boy’s mother went viral after sharing conflicting details about what happened, including an image of her son in the hospital wearing a neck brace. “My child, who is a 2nd grader, was hung in the boys’ bathroom by a 4th grader,” she wrote, adding, “I received the most traumatizing phone call from the school stating that my child was being rushed to the children’s hospital in NW.” School officials did not share specific details about what occurred...