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By now you have surely heard the cautionary tale of Stephanie Kubela, the Boca Raton high school cheerleader who died during breast augmentation surgery. The exact cause of death remains a mystery — the family's attorney is suggesting it might have been a condition triggered by anesthesia — so we thought we'd use this space to remind you of a cheerier tale of cheerleader injury; Kristi Yamaoka, the Southern Illinois University cheerleader who broke her neck falling from the top of a human pyramid only to be carried away in a stretcher, still cheering in unison with her squad. [SI]