Редактирование: Aaron Traywick (раздел)

== Death ==
Traywick was found unconscious in a sensory deprivation isolation tank, or “float pod,” at Soulex Float Spa in Washington, DC at 11:30 am ET on Sunday, April 29, 2018.<ref>[http://news2share.com/start/2018/04/30/biohacker-ceo-of-ascendence-biomedical-aaron-traywick-found-dead-in-dc/ Biohacker CEO of Ascendance Biomedical Aaron Traywick Found Dead in DC.] 1 May 2018.</ref> A Soulex spa spokesperson informed reporters that the spa's co-owner arrived twenty minutes after Traywick's scheduled session completion and asked why someone was still in the float room. Upon further investigation, it was found that the door to Traywick's room was ajar, though clients usually float in the nude and the door should have been locked. The room was dark, though its automatic lights should have been activated upon opening of the tank's lid. Traywick was discovered in the tank, which had automatically drained by that point. Emergency responders arrived within four minutes of the spa's 911 call.

Traywick’s body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy. A spokesperson for the spa told reporters that DC police twice told her they found drug paraphernalia among his belongings. DC police did not confirm the detail.<ref>[https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/05/02/aaron-traywick-dc-spa-says-police-found-drug-paraphernalia/  Police Reportedly Found Drug Paraphernalia Among Aaron Traywick's Belongings.] Washington Post. 02 May 2018.</ref>

An autopsy report provided to Bloomberg News on June 28 by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner showed Traywick's cause of death to be drowning, with the drug ketamine present in his system. Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, is sometimes used as a recreational drug.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-29/autopsy-reveals-biohacker-traywick-died-from-accidental-drowning It Wasn't Biohacking That Killed the Biohacker: He Drowned.] ''Bloomberg.com'' Accessed 2018-07-02.</ref>

News of Traywick's unexpected death sent resounding shockwaves through the transhumanist community and was widely covered in the media over the days following, including TIME Magazine, Newsweek, the BBC, and the Washington Post. The U.S. Transhumanist Party issued an official statement on the matter.<ref>[http://transhumanist-party.org/2018/05/02/ustp-traywick-statement/ U.S. Transhumanist Party Official Statement on the Death of Aaron Traywick]</ref>

In a statement issued to VICE News, Traywick's associate Tristan Roberts said:

<blockquote>“Aaron was a passionate visionary. He seemingly never tired as he brought people together to work on some of the most imposing challenges facing humanity. While many in the biohacking scene disagreed with his methods, none of them doubted his intentions. He sought nothing short of a revolution in biomedicine; the democratization of science and the opening of the flood gates for global healing.”
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<blockquote>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;— Tristan Roberts</blockquote>

Much of his professional life and death was covered in the New York Times.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/style/biohacker-death-aaron-traywick.html Death of a Biohacker.] ''New York Times''. 2018-05-19.</ref> Traywick was 28 years old.