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An 18-year-old Baylor University freshman died Sunday after a bizarre accident while doing a backflip, the school said in a statement.
Kevin Signo, a pre-biology student from Frisco, Texas, was rehearsing traditional dances with the Filipino Students Association when he practiced a backflip and landed on his head, according to NBC station KCEN-TV in Waco.
The Waco Tribune-Herald quoted a justice of the peace as saying Signo hit his forehead and suffered a fatal spinal injury.
His parents, Henry and Jackie Signo, said their son was an introvert in high school but thrived at Baylor.
"Kevin was a very bright, well-liked and involved student on our campus," Baylor spokeswoman Lori Fogleman told Tribune-Herald. "He had so many friends here who will miss him terribly."
Signo's parents said their son wanted to be a doctor. He was an organ donor who had a legal document drawn up, donating his eyes, skin, bones and organs.
"He knew exactly what could be used for and what was important," Jackie Signo said.
Henry Signo said he thinks his son "knew that he would be helping others if something tragic had happened."
"We're very happy to have had him for a short time," he said.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Turrentine, Jackson & Morrow Funeral Home in Allen. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, the university said in a news release.
At least two busloads of students from Baylor are expected to make the trip to Allen for the services.
Kevin Signo attended Frisco High School and was originally from Carol Stream, Ill., according to his Facebook page.
His parents said they plan to endow a scholarship in his name at Baylor.
NBC 5's Randy McIlwain contributed to this report.
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It don't matter what kind of bullet it is, if it's your time to go..................................
Yeah, I never worried about the one with my name on it. I did, however, take precautions for those coming across addressed "To Whom It May Concern."
Gmornin' bill...
What a tragedy. I'm wondering how this could have happened when he was so well trained. Sounds as if someone may have walked into his path as he was in motion and he may have clipped them which landed him on his head.
My daughter is in Gymnastics and I seen this happen before but luckily, nobody was hurt. Very scary though.
RIP Kevin...
Mornin CD and bill
My daughters are both in gymnastics and it is terrifying to watch. I wish sometimes they would just play soccer but they like doing the flips. I guess there are risks in everything...
Rest in peace young man
I failed doing a backflip once landing on my head and I never died. Don't know how exactly it occured to him besides I was on the grass when this happened maybe he hit concrete.
Applying 100 pounds of impact pressure to the neck in the wrong place can snap that spinal column. Maybe a 1 in 10 chance but who wants to take it?
Humans are the only animal that take risks to their life for fun.
sad story, bad ending, I'm truly sorry for the family. I can't put any reason to it.
Yup, sh!t happens.
Yes cory1980...there are risks in everything - including getting up in the morning. Sometimes $#!t just happens.
Lol! My son DOES play soccer and he broke his wrist last year when a his teammate accidently landed on him while my son was trying to make a goal! Freak thing! Still - I thank the stars that soccer and baseball are the only sports he plays! After reading this horrible story, I consider myself blessed.
Sad, but this is due to a thing called 'life'.
Very sorry for the family. Parents should never have to see the death of a child.
Are you sure you never died?! :-)
There are people who fell 5 stories and lived and there are people who fell off a 6 foot ladder and died.
It's not how you fall, it's how you land...
The Original Mac, (below)...
I don't think so... There are many other sports out there that kill people and they'll continue to thrive...
Sports is a give and take kind of thing except when given an inch, don't take a mile....
The death of this young man is truly sad. But I am fearful there may be sweeping national legistration banning all back flips and perhaps the sport of gymnastics all together.
@Creek Dog Where does it say he was well-trained?
Talk,
I meant that the way the story reads, it seems he's done this many times before. It couldn't have been his first time...
Sorry this had to happen, but it does. A 14 year old I went to high school with died splitting firewood. A small peice of the blade sheared off and hit him in the heart. Tragic.......
Creek Dog, you are right on. I like the way you think before you post.
Ban Carl Edwards!
Right, because there's no way it could have just been an error in judgment on his part. It has to have been someone else's fault. Wow, conspiracy theorists are taking over.
"I'm wondering how this could have happened when he was so well trained."
Why do you think he was well trained??? Did you watch the video report? The parents said they had never seen him do a back flip in his life. This was something new to him that he was practicing during a break in the dance rehearsal.
Sad story. May he rest in peace. It sounds like he touched many lives. And his spirit will go on in all of those who will benefit from his generous gift of life by his becoming a donor.
I guess there will be some program called "When Dancing Kills".
Adding back flips is not a form of dancing imo, it's gymnastics, and it's idiotic to add them to dance routines.
Why kids like to do this is weird to me, but RIP kiddo, I'm glad you had a good time in your short lived life doing back flips that made you happy and took you to your grave.
In college, unless you are in a dance class, stick to the books and get an education. Dancing is a limited field for those that think they will take it somewhere as a career.
Condolences to the family, friends, and those that loved this kid, and I hope they don't do some dumbazz dance routine at the funeral with back flips in it.
Creek dog--your "someone may have walked in his path..."
Is it NEVER possible that someone dies and it is just an ACCIDENT?
No one's fault?
See, if I slip and fall on my steps, I don't blame the Carpet maker, or the carpenters who built the house, or the person who soled my shoes.
I was SO impressed at the attitude of his parents, and their graciousness, and acceptance of the tragedy while making the best of a horribly sad situation (organ donation--WHICH BTW--no matter HOW many consent forms you sign, your family can still stop! They become 'owners' of your body when you die, and can over ride your wishes!)
It just really bothers me in our litiguous society that EVERY time something bad happens, the IMMEDIATE reaction is to blame someone ELSE.
ACCIDENTS happen.
Rest in Peace, Kevin.
Wow, what a tragedy....
@ MOmaid....I agree with you! Sh*t happens, but people always want to blame something or someone for an accident. Now Obama and his liberal scum will want to impose a ban on "backflips" in college!
LMAO....I just saw the comment below made by "jobseeker"! Here we go!!!!!!........ "Jobseeker" you are an idiot!
Wow, I guess people are born knowing how to do all things they are meant to do in life. Forget the learning process. If you can't do backflips out of the womb, then stay away. Some people should get an education - one that goes beyond the narrow-sightedness of a book. College is for students to explore life interests and their interests while they are learning from books. Oh, I know, ban everything in college that is outside of a classroom or a library. That should bring us lower on the ladder of invention and of future success as a country.
What happened to this young man and his grieving family is an awful, terrible, sad fluke. May his memory be for a blessing.
RIP fellow fliping flip !!!peace brother
@Jamie, another soulless person and other things come to mind. Can't help the mean ones, sigh.
Thanks Native (#1.16). Have a good day...
MOmaid,
Not sure where you're coming from with your post but hey, if it makes you feel good and superior, be my guest. Go for it...
We're here to post our thoughts and enjoy (or not) reading other peoples post. Just as you did...
You take one piece of one of my sentences and twist it all outta shape.
I wrote...
Notice that very large word "MAY". As in, "one possibility" of many?Just an assumption. That's all. You need to be a little more open minded and take those blinders off when you have a beef with someone else's comment. Analyze your answer before sending...
I'm here to state my mind just as you. And yes, I witnessed this first hand. As I "also" wrote in my post however, luckily nobody was hurt.
Now, you show me where I mentioned it actually "was" someone else's fault, apposed to "may". Please do.
Have a nice day...
CD
Just being young and dumb. You can't stop such things. I remember reading about a softball player who did this after a game and ended up paralyzed for life.
As I get older I get more and more adverse to unnecessary risks. Just part of growing wiser and wanting to maintain this existence. Not the first things on the mind of a teenager.
this happens when you freeze, used to do it on a trampoline in gymnastics.
Mac, why did you hold back? You know you wanted to turn the conversation into a gun control conversation, your comment obviously shows that.
After all, EVERY STORY on every subject is really just a gun control story, isn't it?
This accident is certainly a terrible tragedy for those who knew and loved him.
If the report is true that he landed on his forehead, or more likely the the part of the scull just above the temples (frontal bone), it would cause a shearing force - resulting in immediate internal decapitation. No one could have saved him if that was the case. The only sliver of "good" in dying this way, is that it is immediate and painless.
Let's not forget that this young man has by now possibly saved several other lives, possibly given a person their vision back, etc. He will live on in those he saved by being an organ donor. Sincere condolences to the family.
It is a tragedy and my condolences to his family. And so many want to start an argument. Go back under your bridges trolls.
In this day and age, isn't it rare to see parents just chalk an accident up to being just an accident?
Heck, even Creekdogs first assumption was that it wasnt this kids fault...unlike the parents. Though, the parents were obviously operating on a tad bit more information than Creekdog...im just pointing out that our INCLINATION is to assume someone else is to blame, even when it's not true - or there's no indication thats the case.
In a nation filled with people itching to pass the buck - on everything - these parents are extremely refreshing.
Peace be with them, sounds like they had an amazing son who will always be in their hearts and minds.
When I read the title my first thought was, what a waste. Probably some college
party where the guy hit his head on a counter. after reading it was for a dance
rehearsal, that thought changed to just bad luck. But because this guy was a
donor, he will be helping a number of people in the near future. I'm sure none
of him will go to waste, and his parents should be proud. RIP dude
I have done my share of stupid stunts when I was young, so I will not criticize this kid... $hit happens... RIP young dude...
Wow, how incredibly sad for him to lose his life at such a young age! Life really stinks sometimes. May peace be with his family!
Fell hauling wood 2 years ago. Hit my head against the garage wall and was paralyzed from the neck down. Only now am i walking and using my arms and hands well. It can happen very easy. Those who think it is funny or could not happen to them are fools.
haha MOmaid you just got owned how does that make you feel?
well said Creek Dog
RLTV (Very first post), what a stupid comment. You and your ilk speak as though a greater consciousness has a checklist of names, and deliberately scratches out a name, and as a result, that person dies. This is utter garbage. No greater consciousness determines when we go. We go as a result of freak accident or willful criminal decisions, or disease or disaster. This explains why people in certain countries usually die of particular causes, and why people in certain age brackets die of particular causes. That's why you hardly ever hear of old people dying from motorcycle accidents or teenagers dying from congestive heart failure.
Hey, some of us like to risk someone else's life for fun, you know!
Oh dear... yes i gree , internal decrapitation occurred... this very unfortunate occurrence reminds me of the poignant song
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies
What a sad story, and my heart really goes out to the family, especially because they sound like such good people. Those of you who just came here to pick apart eachother's comments and start fights over nothing, if you get bored that easily, could you at least go spout your venom on a less solemn story? I've read all the comments, and nobody suggested a lawsuit or pinned blame on someone else or the school, etc. So there was a little speculation regarding what might have gone wrong. So what? Calm down. This was a story about a scientifically inclined kid who enjoyed his college and will be well missed by all of his friends there, a kid who tried a dance move that went wrong, and whose donations (as well as those of his family) will continue on and assist many other people. We were all young risk takers at some point, but few families are as generous as this one.
Horrible horrible accident. I feel bad for the family and offer my condolences.
Not sure if anyone else has noticed, but that creeky dawg likes to see his name in print... not sure where he gets his fantasy post info from, but I'm sure there's plenty of it...
I was thinking the same thing.
Nowhere in the article does it say this gentleman was well-trained.
All it infers, is that it was a rehearsal.
It doesn't say whether it is the first rehearsal, or one hundreth rehearsal.
It also doesn't say if he had ever done a backflip before IN HIS LIFE.
It's not very difficult to make assumptions off of minimal information. I guess that's why people continue to do it, as if they know something, no one else does.
If you were there, let us know prior to presenting information not in the story, so we can all bask in your superior knowledge.
Too many assumptions. Comment on the story, and let the voices in your head fade out.
:o)
Such a sad story.
Serious thought should be given to banning backflips.
Or people who don't have a high capacity for backflips.
I'm assuming you wanna ban everything that causes death then job.
Well, this is so sad and scary too. I am amazed to see that some things that I did as a kid, turns tragic for more and more people these days. This poor child was trained and I was a stupid kid just goofing off, and didn't have a clue to the dangers of back flipping.
I send condolences to his gieving family, so many young people dying these days. Just sad.
Yes it is well known that life causes death...so we should definitely consider banning life.
Actually, Gallahad, it's not happening more and more as an overall percentage, you're just HEARING about more of them because of the web-based media.
Should we ban gymnastics as a collegiate sport, too? Forget that!
Jobseeker
That is what the UK would do. They are banning everything that "might" injure someone. If we did away with anything that could injure someone, we would have to give up, hotdogs (7 people die each year from chocking), sky diving, riding bicycles, climbing ladders, all sports, and many other mundane things that we do everyday. It is called life and people die everyday from many sources. If we prevented everybody from dieing in a couple hundred years we would be overrun. Not that we aren't already.
Since we are banning things that lead to death - everyone who has ever had sex dies so lets ban sex, everyone who has ever taken a drink of water dies so lets ban water. Oh if you are born you will eventually die so lets ban birth.
People die, stuff happens it is sad, some causes of death can be avoided, but who gets to play God and decide which are worse. Tom's point is well said, I would only maybe disagree with one of his points - aren't we already over run?
And all tose who think soccer is a safe sport - it has a high level of concussions - just saying.
"To live is to die." We don't know when or how we will die, but we do know for certain that someday, somehow it eventually happens. Even if you never left the comfort and security of your own home a tree may fall in on you or a sinkhole swallow you up. The only thing we can do is LIVE!
"Those not busy being born are busy dying." (Bob Dylan, "It's alright, Ma (I'm only bleeding)")
Enjoy what you have while you have it!
The ban this and that rhetoric for every subject on every post is getting old already.
Losers have to bring politics into everything.
These NRA trolls never get tired of themselves and their oh so very stale jokes.
Lighten up, gofins. ~_o They're merely pointing out how ALL of this "banning" crap is just foolishness.
Ban guns. Ban sinkholes. Ban pastries, Ban paper. Ban water. Ban breathing. Ban sex. Ban celibacy. Ban sleeping. Ban eating. Ban "crop dusting". Ban travel. Ban talking. Ban war. Ban doctors. Ban Death.
Ban, ban, ban, ban, ban... Phb-b-b-b-b-b-bt!!!
Double post???
I heartily endorse the above sentiment.
What got banned? So far, nothing. What I find foolish is the interjection of "we need to ban" into every discussion. If one of your friends did this every time you had a conversation, how long would it take before you said:
"dude, ENOUGH already"
I'm with the camp who believe this tactic has run it's course and no longer has any effectiveness. If it were funny, that would make is excusable.
....I wouldn't mind not seeing any more of Carl Edwards backflips.
Condolences to this boys family.
As Rahm Emmanuelle said, "never let a crisis go to waste".
If there is a tragedy, the political hacks, especially the left, will use it to further their agenda. I think you just don't like the cherished ban-this, ban-that mentality being mocked.
Here we go again with the idiots saying we should ban (fill in the blank) because it resulted in death. When are these idiots going to realize they are NOT the LEAST bit original or witty with these "we should ban" posts every time someone dies from a freak accident? To all you idiots: WE GET IT, WE GET that you're pro-gun and don't believe in banning guns. NOW SHUT UP ALREADY and grow some brain cells.
Now if the kid did a backflip in a crowd of people and someone across the room died as a direct result from his stupidity, malice or negligence for safety, it would be a closer analogy to why we need gun regulation. Since that is not the case these mockeries are just pathetic.
Wow...you can't even dance without being killed. Well, we should ban dancing and backflips in college. If he wasn't dancing and trying to do backflips, he would not have died.
Brilliant assessment...
A kid tragically dies in an accident, and at least two of the first four comments are from gun nut trolls displaying precisely the mentality that should prevent them from even touching a firearm.
Apparently you don't own a high-capacity sense of humor. And, just like the gun grabbers, want to ban anyone else from having one as well.
Thank you Dever bill 2! I thought the same thing. The young man's parents might be reading these for some measure of comfort; no empathy (let alone sympathy) anymore.
The family has lost a bright, caring, loving, child. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this time. What a brave and kind young man to donate his body so that others might live. I was in awe of reading his ultimate gift to others; truly an amazing young man.
Rick, nope, the so called 'gun nut trolls' are merely pointing out that every time someone is shot, the INSTANT reaction is to limit LEGAL ownership of guns, when nearly always, the guns in shooting deaths were obtained ILLEGALLY. If making things illegal eliminated things/behavior, we would HAVE no DUI.
And if you want proof, witness the fact that Chicago (and Newtown) has VERY strict gun control laws.
Bet that makes the moms of the 507 people shot to death in Chicago last year alone feel MUCH better.
Disgusted -
"The young man's parents might be reading these for some measure of comfort; no empathy (let alone sympathy) anymore"
One of the funniest things I've read on here. Comfort, compassion, empathy? On newsvine?
Rick, yep, the so called 'gun nut trolls' are merely resorting to deflection.
As if there is somehow an equivalency between an assault weapon brought into a crowded movie theater and a kid doing a back flip.
Those who continually say "ban swimming" or "ban backflips" want you to believe that the proliferation of assault weapons in our society carries the same risk as swimming or gymnastics.
Harold,
Don't even bother with these gun nut trolls. They are of a sub-high school intellect, maybe sub-junior high, and will never contribute anything meaningful to society as they continue believing that their "ban this" and "ban that" posts are so witty and clever.
It's a horrible story and terribly tragic ... but I'd much rather read about the occasional accident of someone dying while doing gymnastics than read about the rising incidence of heart attacks and obesity because no one gets off the couch to get some exercise. Sitting on your butt all day long is far more lethal.
a flip doing backflips .. how ironic.
That's not irony.
PA, racist much?
PA must be a best bud of Jerry Sandusky.
as the saying goes.. pathetic news such as this deserve pathetic comments such as this.. btw, im the same race as that that man..This should be taking into consideration. A frontflip would have prevented this tragedy :/
PA ,
You sound like the kind of idiot who just might have Coach Jerry's last butt buddy victim?
Because everytime you post, you sound like an ass with an echo chamber.
It's ironic that a person as stupid as you are is alive.
Tragic story, sure wish they had used mats or spotters, but that may not have saved him by the way he landed. My heart and prayer goes out to his family and friends. Bless him for being an organ donor, he will save many others lives.
denver bill, a time and a place for all things, maybe this wasnt the time or the place for your failed atempt at comedy...........
agreed..says we need to have "high capacity" sense of humor..I find nothing funny about this story at all...pathetic DB
My heart felt condolences to his family.
Sincere Condolences to the family...........
I almost killed myself similarly on a trampoline when I was 17 and tried a backflip at an outdoor park outside of Detroit....no spotter no harness but wild and crazy kids back then....I still thank the Almighty for letting me survive and still have neck and shoulder problems to this day in my late 60s. Paralysis is often the "better" (if you want to consider the alternative) result of similar injuries since cervical vertebrae are typically involved as in my case.
My son used to do these all of the time, and that's exactly what I worried would happen. I am sorry for this family's loss. It is good to see they are not blaming someone else and trying to sue.
We don't have all the facts, give them some time.
Sad.... but why is this National News?
Must be a slow day in world news......
Everything is national news.
I find this story more relevant than "Tan Mom plans a vacation!"
But both are indicative of a slow news day.
The unfortunate victim planned ahead and he was an organ donor. This death is front page news because there are never enough organs to go around for those who need them. This generous young man and his family are kind enough to let him help other people after the end of his life. Is there a greater gift?
Here we go again with the stupid posts about "slow news day" and the like. So tell me, you geniuses, what LAW mandates that in order for something to appear as a lead news headline on the Internet, it must be something that affects the nation like gas prices, or something that involves a famous political figure such as Hugo Chavez?
I thought so. SHUT UP already. Go back to reading about "real" news like what's going on in Washington, Middle Eastern suicide bombings and hurricanes, while the rest of us can take a break from the same boring "real" news and read something that has a strong human interest component--something that will make every parent appreciate their kids more. Reading about oil prices will hardly do that. SHUT UP!
Why did you click on it then?
fatmanontreadmill,
So an American losing his/her life in the middle east somewhere is boring "real" news to you?
Iwas wondering the same.. news seems more geared at praising stupidity.
If that's all that you see herein, check your own mirror for stupidity, PaState. You will certainly find it there looking back at you.
Had he remained an introvert and quietly got straight A's like 90% of other exceptional medical students, he'd be a sober, highly successful doctor with a family and decades of good life ahead of him saving other lives. Instead he fell to the familiar modern pressure of group identity politics on campus, having to conform by separation, the dream of the multi-ethnic lunch table is long gone thanks to political correctness evolving into ethnic isolation. He doesn't live on the islands wearing a loin cloth, he's an American medical student. The college sanctions ethnic backflip practice? Does it make you feel better to know the doctor operating on your heart spent hours in college not studying but working on his backflip between beers and was subjected to modern racial politics instead of concentrating on anatomy??? What a sad tale of modern college politics, the students not their left-wing tenured professors always pay the ultimate price for marxist ideology, the Unabomber was a mathematical genius and headed for a nobel prize until he met some interesting hippie folks, and drugs, in berkeley, the rest is history...
What's your excuse? Certainly you must have one given the considerable low to which you have fallen.
Are you on LSD?
man someone got out of bed on the wrong side this morning!
1 - he was not a medical student. 2- what is wrong with meeting people with similar backgrounds, would you have made th same comment if he was a scott doing the highland fling, 3- college is a lot more than just going to class, the library and the dorm room, it is a time where young adults learn to grow as individuals out from under the parental wing.
@ why Dems lose
I see this as a tragic accidental death of a young kid. I don't understand, have we as adults forgotten all the things we did as kids for fun that were dumb to do? It's something most if not all of us have done, we do things as kids because we think nothing bad will ever happen to us. Remember?
Then we grew up and we know better, he was having fun and unfortunately did get the ripe old age to realize his mistake. Don't know about you but I've been there, but I lived long enough to see that some of the things I did for fun, as a kid were not too wise. Believe me I know, I used to race cars on a two lane highway, with cars coming straight at me while driving on the wrong side of the road. I know now it was stupid, but then it was just fun. This young man died from a fluke accident while having fun with friends.
You are one sad, unhappy SOB. I do truly feel badly for you and the things that have warped you so terribly that you just can't see the situation for what it is, but instead have to force your judgemental theories upon a person whom you've never met.
Have a nice day.
You can tell just from his/her moniker what garbage you're going to get from 'Why dems lose', so that is no surprise. The surprise is that s/he can be such a blindly indoctrinated a$$hole that s/he would use a tragic death of an obviously decent young human being and try to mold it to his/her hallucinational mindset to try to score racist, 'political' points. On this story!!! Pathetic excuse of a human being.
This world needs more like Kevin Signo and less like 'Why dems lose'. It would be a much better place to live.
Overanalyze much? Maybe you should try a flip sometime- your life would be more fun if you felt alive instead of reading conspiracy into every event in someone else's life and death that you know nothing about.
Good to see I'm not the only one who feels this way. I'm American of German, French, English heritage. So what? I don't feel the need, unlike many in my city of residence, to put any of those flags on my car's bumper, or on a flagpole outside my home, nor to join a separatist organization. I knew many Filipinos when I was in high school, and college, and they were part of the student body, did not feel a need to have their own separate organizations.
Stop already about now banning backfips.. How stupid!!
I will say this is a terrible tragedy and this young fella looked like a tremendous human being.. I feel bad for his parents as well.. So sad..
Not a good way to use your head.
Darwin Award
And where shall we send it to you?
While such a tragedy, it is beautiful that he had the forethought to make himself an organ donor. This speaks volumes to the type of young man he was. RIP KEVIN.... You will live on through those that you have helped. My condolences to his family and friends.
Really sad, a positive note that he had a living will for use of his organs - must have been a real squared away kid! But, when your ticket gets punched, that's all folks! Nobody said life was going to be perfect or even fair - but it's the best chance we get!
does this qualify for a darwin award?
Your comment sure does! Here, have a banana!
@Sargent Pepper
I think you more qualify than he does! what have you done beside sitting in front of the computer and posted some stupid comment?
Sergeant Pepper, Kevin does not qualify. This was a tragic accident. However, your eager personal interest in nominating a bright young college student qualifies you for a nomination. Any ayes in the room?
Those of you who have nothing nice to say just need to shut up! A young man has lost his life. Parents have lost a child. It sounds like he was a great guy. As a parent who lost a son when a drunk driver broadsided our son's car, I know from personal experience how awful it is to lose a child. My heart goes out to this young man's family. I'm sure their world is as shattered as ours has been. Until you have been there, you have no idea how horrible it is.
berekah, I am sorry for your loss. It is something that no one understands until they go through it. My best friend lost her daughter in a motorcycle wreck, she was 24. To this day she is still broken from that tragedy. It is nothing to joke about, people, it is a devastating loss to lose a child.
Berekah, My condolences to you. I to have lost our only child at 14. Victim of an accidental rifle discharge by someone else. Only people that have had a loss like this can even BEGIN to understand the pain. It hurts to read comments like "things happen" or "Darwin award" about this kid because it makes me think of the loss of my own child and the pain the parents must feel.
It would be much nicer if people would post like they would standing in front of the parents rather than with their anonymous internet muscles.
His parents sound like faith-based people who loved and enjoyed their son and their time together here on earth.
Up to a certain age, which has yet to be determined, kids still may believe they are impervious to injury and put themselves in danger. It is sad that this has happened, but it did and you just have to move on and celebrate the life he had already lived. It's worse when you consider it had nothing to do with war or other violence. Condolences to the family.
This is why you don't do things like this because you do things like this first of all it is silly and second of all it is very very dangerous.
May GOD give all of the family and friends the strength to go through this really tough time now and for all time to come as I am certain he will!!!
I take it then, that none of your precious brats (assuming you braved the risk of having any) ever played sports, ever drove a car, ever surfed...and good God I'm sure you were NEVER a hypocrite and took your family to have fun at a circus...or Seaworld...and yup, your kids won't grow up to be pilots or astronauts...all because doing a back flip during a dance is silly and very, very dangerous and a person should never, ever, ever do that!
Goodness!!! Don't do that!!! Silly boy. So many people have posted such irrational posts regarding a young man that passed away living a lively, active life. It is sad. It happens. It is unfortunate. But I won't stop flying, I won't stop dancing, I won't stop racing, I won't stop. God Bless him.