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HARTFORD Cory Spangenberg Jersey , Conn. — A college student whose father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks has died after choking during a pancake-eating contest.


Police said 20-year-old Caitlin Nelson died at a New York City hospital on Sunday, three days after participating in the contest at Sacred Heart University. She was from Clark, New Jersey, and was a junior majoring in social work at the Roman Catholic school in Fairfield.


"It's a tragic event that started out as something fun Wil Myers Jersey ," said Fairfield police