Upon his death, the university issued a statement encouraging grieving students to seek counseling services: “We are saddened to share we’ve lost a member of the Hawkeye family. In minus 50 degrees, hypothermia can start to occur in as little as five minutes if skin is exposed or clothing is insufficient. The pre-med student also spoke to his girlfriend in the hours before his death and told her he was heading to bed. His father, Michael Belz, told local news station KCRG that his son was a “compassionate person.”“I want people to remember him as a compassionate person,” the elder Belz said. “He had many more friends than I was aware of.”Belz’s high school football team tweeted a message about the teenager:

Source: Huffington Post January 31, 2019 21:07 UTC