A mother's harmless prank at her daughter's first birthday celebration tragically resulted in her demise. Faith Waterman Batistich, a 20 12 months old from Te Puke, New Zealand, determined to participate in the standard birthday stunt of inhaling helium to alter her voice's pitch together with different get together friends. Despite makes an attempt by her family to revive her, she was declared dead an hour after inhaling the fuel. Her twin sister Eden, who's left heartbroken, shared that social gathering attendees had been inhaling the fuel from a canister used to inflate balloons, with everyone "jumping on the bandwagon". A fatal error occurred when a fellow guest increased the circulation from the canister as Faith was inhaling straight from it. Recalling her sister's final moments, Eden informed the new Zealand Herald that the temper at the get together was mild-hearted, with individuals discovering the altered voices amusing. She said her sister initially hesitated however finally joined in after a visitor encouraged her. However, when one guest turned up the move from the helium canister, it "shot" its contents into the again of her neck.