A 26-year-old man was found dead after going 11 days without sleep. Why, better yet, how does someone go without sleep for 11 days? For the love of soccer.
The Sanxiang Metropolis newspaper reported that the young Chinese man had been a member of his university’s soccer team, and enjoyed the sport so much that he stayed awake to watch the all of the Euro 2012 matches, most of which finished at daybreak in China.
“We would rest occasionally but he watched everyday and would not miss a single match,” one of his friends told the Sanxiang Metropolis.
The first match kicked off on June 8th, and ended on June 18th, the day before he was found dead by his mother.
Liu Zhiling, a doctor from the local People’s Hospital ER, told the newspaper: “Jiang was in good health. But staying up through the night and not sleeping enough weakened his immune system and he drank and smoked while watching the football, triggering his condition.”
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