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SALT LAKE CITY — After a week of emotion that drew prayers from around the world and a family vigil at the bedside of 3-year-old Elsie Mahe, the daughter of BYU running back coach Reno Mahe died at Primary Children’s Hospital early Tuesday evening.
Elsie was flown by me last Tuesday from her home in Lehi after a choking accident caused by a curtain mini-blind cord. For the past week, the family called upon friends, family and strangers to join in fast and prayer for her recovery. Over the weekend, tests by doctors indicated a lack of oxygen to her brain left her neurologically unable to recover; that she was brain dead, according to the mother, Sunny Mahe.