Worcester fundraiser held to support family of Harris Wolobah, who died after One Chip Challenge
WORCESTER - A fundraiser was held Saturday to support the family of a Worcester teenager who died last week after doing the One Chip Challenge.
Harris Wolobah's basketball coaches hosted the fundraiser at St. Bernard's Church to help the family pay for funeral costs.
"The kind of kid you just want to be around when it comes to basketball and life in general because He wasn't really focused on anything negative. His whole focus was going to school, getting out of school as soon as he could to go play basketball, and just be with his family at the end of the day. So you know this is a tragic loss, and were going to miss, were going to make sure, you know, hold him in our prayers and his family in our prayers and we're going to be here for each other," said the Director of Basketball Operations at St. Bernard's High School, Douglas Hill.
Wolobah died last Friday after eating a spicy tortilla chip seasoned with some of the hottest peppers on earth. Autopsy results are still pending but the family said Wolobah was a healthy basketball player with no known allergies. His family is now calling for the challenge to be banned.
Paqui, the company behind the One Chip Challenge, has since had the spicy chips pulled from store shelves and online and are offering refunds.