NY family loses daughter to fentanyl overdose after taking 1 pill Fox News
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FoxNewsseniorcorrespondentJonathanSerriesbreaksdownastudyonthedrasticriseinfentanylseizures.
Amidtheunprecedentedprevalenceoffentanylmasqueradingasothersubstances,takingjustoneunprescribedpillonetimecankillyou.ThisisarealitythathitsclosetohomeforoneNewYorkfamilythatlosttheirdaughterin2022.
PaigeGibbons,a19-year-oldcollegefreshmanatHobartandWilliamSmithwithdreamsofbecomingadoctor,thoughtshewastakingaPercocetwithherfriendsonNov.20thatyear.
“Shewasatafriend’shouse,theparentswerehome,sheandherfriendweregoingtotakeaPercocet,whichshethoughtwasaPercocet,”saidherfather,DavidGibbonsofPittsford,NewYork.“UnbeknownsttothemitwasnotaPercocet,itwas100%fentanyl.”
CDCDATASHOWSDECREASEINFATALOVERDOSESACROSSTHEUS,BUTEXPERTSREMAINCAUTIOUS
PaigeGibbonsofPittsford,NewYork,19,diedofanaccidentalfentanyloverdoseonNov.20,2022.(Provided )
At1:05p.m.thatday,Davidandhiswife,Kate,wouldseetheirliveschangeforever
