Sawyer is our hero, and we are so grateful God blessed us with him on this earth as long as he did," said his mother, Kris Nordstrom. "I wish it had been longer, and I know you do, too, but he lives on in the lives of others."

A White Bear Lake High School student who was fatally injured at school earlier this month died as the result of hanging, the Ramsey County medical examiner's office said Monday.

The circumstances surrounding the death of Sawyer Moeller, a 14-year-old freshman, are still being reviewed by authorities, though his mother apparently considered the matter an accident. He was injured Nov. 10 at White Bear Lake Area High School's North Campus. He died Friday, 11 days later.

Sawyer's mother, Kris Nordstrom, released the following statement through White Bear Lake police:

"In regard to Sawyer Moeller's accidental death. While these teenage boys were goofing around after school, Sawyer was alone briefly. His friend returned to find Sawyer injured. He bravely called 911 and began CPR," Nordstrom said.

A police statement issued Saturday said officers arrived at the school to find a boy who appeared to have a neck injury. They saw a red mark or abrasion on his neck and administered CPR until medical personnel arrived and took him to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.

One of Moeller's friends gave him CPR after the incident, which made it possible to donate his organs, Nordstrom said.

She said Moeller's liver went to a 62-year-old man, who has been waiting 422 days, one kidney and a pancreas went to a 48-year-old woman waiting more than 500 days and the gift of tissue will go on to hundreds of people.

"His heart went to a 13-year-old girl, which I suppose would have happened at some point," she said.

On Sunday, Nordstrom remembered her son during a celebration of his life at Firestarters Worship Center in Ottertail, Minn.

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