Enviros Show M-44 Documentary One Year After Idaho Teen Almost Dies

"POCATELLO — The Pocatello teenager who experienced vomiting, headaches and couldn’t sleep for a month after triggering an M-44 “cyanide bomb” one year ago this week has physically recovered.

But emotionally, the specter of watching his dog die before his eyes is much like the physical burning pain associated with cyanide exposure — seared forever into 15-year-old Canyon Mansfield’s memory are images of his best friend’s last breaths.

“Whenever I think of that hill or hear the word ‘cyanide’ I think of that moment when (the dog) was freaking out and didn’t know what was going on,” Canyon said. “That will probably stay with me my entire life. Every time I hear the word ‘cyanide’ it will trigger that memory and will be something I’ll never really get rid of.”"

Shelbie Harris reports for the Idaho State Journal March 14, 2018.