A first grader at Shuang Wen PS 184 Chinatown died yesterday after becoming very ill . The AP says that Jasmine Man was sick and then fell unconscious in the afternoon. The school's principal performed CPR on the six year-old, who died at Beekman Downtown Hospital. The ME's office will determine the cause of death, but at this point, there were no signs of trauma. Shuang Wen is the only public school to offer education in both English and Mandarin, and Rupert Murdoch has donated money to the school, which is apparently very popular with non-Chinatown residents, according to this NY Sun article last year.
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