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Fraternity Brother Who Made 911 Call Faces Arraignment In Pledge's Death

There are millions of men in this country who would claim they have benefitted from the brotherhood they gained by being a part of a fraternity.  Timothy Piazza will never see that positive side to the Greek Life system.

Piazza was a pledge at the Penn State chapter of Beta Theta Pi when he died after falling down a flight of steps during a night of drinking.  The engineering student had been forced to guzzle vodka, beer and wine during a February pledge night.  His blood alcohol content reached 0.28 and 0.36 percent that night.  

Heavy drinking is a common practice for fraternity pledges.  What makes this incident so horrible is Piazza was reportedly motionless on a couch for 12 hours before anyone decided to cal 911.  The 'brothers' allegedly were scared to make the call and they let him die instead.

18 members of the now-disbanded fraternity have been criminally charged.  They face more than 850 charges, including manslaughter, after a grand jury found the men responsible for Piazza's death.


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