Eight members of the Paris-based Chœur d’Enfants d’Île-de‑France were taken to Massachusetts hospitals Monday night after experiencing “seizure‑like” symptoms midway through their concert at St. Paul’s Church in Harvard Square.
The youth chorus, whose members are between 11 and 13 years old, was performing as part of their U.S. tour when crews were alerted around 7:30 p.m. to a child suffering from a seizure inside the Cambridge church.
When firefighters arrived, they found the child seated outside the entrance, breathing but distressed. Almost immediately, seven more children began to exhibit similar seizure‑like behavior, Cambridge Fire Chief Thomas Cahill told WCVB…