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Ashley Roberson has welcomed the addition of air-conditioned helmets to LSU football's equipment room after seeing her 16-year-old son pass away from exertional heatstroke.
The program showed off air-conditioned helmets ahead of the upcoming college football season, as many wowed at the cool factor and evolution of technology in the sport.
For Roberson it means much more. Her son, Remy Hidalgo passed away -- three days after passing out at high school football practice at Denham Springs High School in Baton Rouge, LA, just 16 miles northeast of LSU.
Hidalgo's passing, like all heatstroke deaths, are preventable. LSU's new helmets which will be used both in practice and games throughout the college football season.
'Heat prevention is my passion now since my son collapsed and passed away,' Roberson told Mail Sport.
Ashley Roberson spoke to Mail Sport regarding the importance of LSU's new air-conditioned helmets. Her son, Remy Hidalgo, passed away at 16 after suffering exertional heatstroke
Hidalgo pictured with his mother, tragically passed away after collapsing at football practice
Roberson set up the Remy Hidalgo Memorial Foundation three months on from her son's tragic passing on September 18, 2020 - three days after passing out at practice in Denham Springs
LSU football unveiled brand new air-conditioned helmets for its football team this week
'I just feel like, you know, after reading some of these comments, when, you know, it was announced that LSU had and people just think that it's something that's not needed.
'It's very much needed, and if they had to go through what I went through they would understand my passion for it. This is a safety thing.'
Roberson set up the Remy Hidalgo Memorial Foundation three months on from her son's tragic passing on September 18, 2020 -- three days after passing out at practice, his temperature reaching 106.8 degrees.
The helmets to be used by the Tigers have been created by Louisiana-based company called Tigeraire, who shared a clip to its social media pages of some LSU stars trying on their new pieces of equipment.
Tigeaire claims to 'chip away' at dehydration, brain fog, fatigue and stress through its cooling air accelerator positioned inside the
