Devastated parents forced to pull the plug on their 13-year-old daughter after sleepover horror. They’ve now issued a warning to spare others from the same tragedy.
At the tender age of 13, Esra Haynes met a tragic end, the circumstances of which were anything but ordinary. Described as “determined, fun, cheeky, and talented” by the Montrose Football Netball Club, where she held the role of co-captain, Esra’s life took a tragic turn when she fell prey to a viral trend known as “chroming.” This dangerous practice involves inhaling toxic chemicals through the mouth or nose to achieve a euphoric high.
Esra was no stranger to an active and healthy lifestyle, engaging in BMX racing with her siblings and leading her team to victory in a national aerobics championship in Queensland. However, all of this was abruptly stripped away on March 31 when she made a fateful decision during a sleepover at a friend’s house.
In her pursuit of joining a viral trend, Esra inhaled a dangerous amount of aerosol deodorant, resulting in a cardiac arrest that inflicted irreversible brain damage upon her. This devastating turn of events left her parents in a state of profound grief. During an interview on A Current Affair with host Ally Langdon, they shared their heartbreak and the tragic consequences of inhaling toxic substances, hoping to prevent similar incidents from befalling other unsuspecting young individuals.
“It was just a typical evening of spending time with her friends,” expressed her mother, Andrea, to Langdon during the interview. Her father, Paul, added, “We always knew her whereabouts and the company she kept. It was nothing out of the ordinary… Receiving that phone call at that late hour was every parent’s nightmare, and unfortunately, we received that call: ‘Come and pick up your daughter.'”
Initially, Esra’s friends were unaware of the gravity of her condition. They believed she was experiencing a panic attack, oblivious to the fact that their friend was slipping away before their eyes. “But after inhaling deodorant, her body was actually going into shutdown, leading to cardiac arrest, and no one at the sleepover knew how to respond to cardiac arrest,” Langdon clarified.
