His mother, Kelly Church, said her sports-loving son went from days filled with rugby league and basketball to fighting for his life. "I assumed it was because he had played paintball earlier that day and was dehydrated or exhausted - I really didn't think it was serious at all." Kelly was told an undiagnosed heart condition triggered the heart attack in her otherwise healthy son. Kelly didn't recognise the warning signs. "He is such a bubbly, cheeky and outgoing boy, really popular at school and all his friends really miss him," Peterson said.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 19, 2016 16:01 UTC