On Thanksgiving Day a local toddler (from Redmond, WA) died soon after his parents rushed him to the hospital with severe flu-like symptoms. The autopsy uncovered two tiny magnets in his small intestines. One magnet was at the top of the intestines, the other at the bottom. The attached magnets twisted his small intestines together, closing them off. He died from septic shock. The magnets had fallen out of the plastic pieces from his older brother’s Magnetix set. Of course this toy is not intended for toddlers to play with, but older kids and parents may not notice if the tiny magnets come out of the pieces and are subsequently ingested. Fred Meyer, where that set was purchased, removed Magnetix from their shelves. The manufacturer has not taken any public action yet.