Friday, July 06, 2007
Family grieves for little boy lost to fireworks - Register-Guard (OR)
Kevin Freeman didn't bring the fireworks into his house until the weather turned hot. He figured they were safer in the trunk of his car than in the two-story duplex he and his partner, Tiffany Bell, shared with their four children, Bell's parents and Freeman's 16-year-old nephew.
But when the temperature began to rise, Freeman worried that the firecrackers might ignite. So on Sunday afternoon, he put the children down for naps, slipped outside and brought the fireworks up to the walk-in closet in his bedroom. He thought they would be safe there.
But they weren't.
Caleb - his sunny 4-year-old middle child, the one who loved to eat and who smiled even when he was being scolded - found them. In the early hours Wednesday, while everyone else slept, Caleb must have found matches or a lighter and gone looking for firecrackers. ...
Kevin Freeman didn't bring the fireworks into his house until the weather turned hot. He figured they were safer in the trunk of his car than in the two-story duplex he and his partner, Tiffany Bell, shared with their four children, Bell's parents and Freeman's 16-year-old nephew.
But when the temperature began to rise, Freeman worried that the firecrackers might ignite. So on Sunday afternoon, he put the children down for naps, slipped outside and brought the fireworks up to the walk-in closet in his bedroom. He thought they would be safe there.
But they weren't.
Caleb - his sunny 4-year-old middle child, the one who loved to eat and who smiled even when he was being scolded - found them. In the early hours Wednesday, while everyone else slept, Caleb must have found matches or a lighter and gone looking for firecrackers. ...
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