On a balmy afternoon in late August, 5-year-old Maxwell Haworth was enjoying on Rincon Seaside in Ventura along with his finest good friend whereas his mother and father watched from the sand.
The image-perfect day shortly turned a “nightmare,” in response to the household. As younger Maxwell climbed on rocks on the sting of the seaside, he slipped, inflicting a boulder to fall on prime of him, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.
The younger boy was severely injured within the accident, and died later that day at an area hospital, in response to shut member of the family Daniel Kessler.
Maxwell Haworth, 5.
(Courtesy of Bryan Holloway)
“His father picked him up and went as much as the car parking zone with him in his arms to get some assist,” Kessler mentioned. “They did all the things they may.”
The heartbreaking accident that took the younger boy’s life has apparently touched the hearts of a whole lot of individuals from as distant as Chicago and Atlanta who donated greater than $65,000 in lower than 10 days.
“He was all the time a joyful, energetic 5-year-old and all the time having enjoyable, liked everyone. He had simply truly began kindergarten a few weeks in the past,” Kessler mentioned. “The household’s simply heartbroken that they’re not going to see him develop up.”
After the tragic loss, household good friend Bryan Holloway organized a GoFundMe account for funeral prices and assist.
“My associates should not ones to ask for something from anybody, however we all know they want any assist they’ll get,” Holloway wrote on the web page.
As the one little one to his mother and father, Max was their “greatest pleasure in life and a blessing they couldn’t have wished extra,” Holloway mentioned.
The web fundraising web page is adorned with images of the cherub-face boy and his mother and father. In lower than per week, the GoFundMe reached almost $50,000, with donations pouring in starting from $10 to $2,500.
As of Friday afternoon, it reached $65,000 from almost 650 contributors, closing in on its $80,000 aim.
“The outpouring of assist has been super, we really feel so blessed and his mother and father really feel so blessed and may’t thank individuals sufficient for donating and sharing their love,” Kessler mentioned. “They really feel overjoyed that their son has touched so many individuals.”
