'A perfect boy': Family of 10-year-old in shock over son's sudden death

WEST FARGO — A West Fargo family says it still feels like a bad dream.

The Qaderi family's energetic 10-year-old boy, Nadim, died suddenly from a brain aneurysm on Friday, May 16, shortly after suffering headaches during a physical education class at Aurora Elementary School.

"He was just a perfect boy," a proud Zahir Qaderi said of his son.

When Zahir talks about Nadim, it is clear the boy was something special.

"He was a very brilliant boy, very resilient," Zahir said.

But two weeks ago, in the middle of Nadim's P.E. class, the family's life changed forever. School security video shows Nadim struggling.

"He was playing with other kids in the gym and all of a sudden he grabbed his head and fell down," Zahir said.

After time in the nurse's office and with an ambulance crew, Nadim wa