It's only been a few days since Streetsboro suffered the loss of a beloved teen from its community.
Outside the high school Monday morning, the calm and quiet scene eloquently capturing the mood inside: less laughing, very few smiles. That's because they're missing their friend, 17-year-old James Woods, who died by suicide.
His parents, Tamia and Timothy, wanted to speak out to honor their only child, and to help prevent this from happening to anyone else.
"He was funny," Tamia said of James. "He was so corny. He always had jokes."
That's what makes this loss so unbearable. It's so hard for them to understand why this happened.
"We told him we loved him every day," Tamia said, through tears. "We gave him hugs. We told him he was beautiful. We gave everything. We gave him life, memories. We made sure we supported him every day, and it still happened.
"I'm a helper, and we have to save these babies. I don't want [anybody] to feel how I feel right now."
Lindsay Buckingham reports: www.wkyc.com/a... --
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16 окт 2024
