A 22-year-old Military ROTC cadet died throughout coaching in Kentucky final week, officers stated.
Neil Edara of Ridgewood, New Jersey, died after he turned unresponsive throughout land navigation coaching at Fort Knox on Thursday, the Military Cadet Command stated in a press release Saturday.
He was attending Cadet Summer time Coaching as a part of ninth Regiment, Superior Camp, the command stated. He acquired medical consideration on the scene earlier than he was taken by helicopter to College of Louisville Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless, it stated.
The command stated Edara was on the set up’s land navigation web site, which is used to show cadets learn how to decide places and distances for journey and concentrating on.
Excessive temperatures within the space of Fort Knox have been within the low 90s in latest days, in line with Nationwide Climate Service knowledge.
The climate service issued an pressing climate message Sunday to increase a warmth advisory for the area by means of Wednesday night time. “Sizzling temperatures and excessive humidity might trigger warmth sicknesses,” the message warned.
The information launch saying Edara’s loss of life didn’t point out the warmth wave gripping a lot of the South and the Midwest, and what precipitated his loss of life is underneath investigation.
“Security of cadets and cadre stays U.S. Military Cadet Command’s high precedence as coaching continues,” the command stated in its assertion.
The command stated Edara joined the ROTC at Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 2021.
Lt. Col. Timothy Sorensen, a Rutgers professor of army science, stated Edara had the center of a pacesetter.
“Cadet Edara was one of the devoted and promising younger leaders I’ve had the privilege to know,” he stated within the command’s assertion. “His calm collected demeanor and unwavering dedication to excellence left a long-lasting influence on everybody round him.”
