Christmas Parade Tragedy in Florida
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Reading this next news item made my heart break, and not just because it involves a young child. This morning my own daughter was supposed to ride on her school’s float for the Christmas Parade in Dunedin, Florida. We were excited about it, but due to the fact that she was terribly disobedient and confrontational last night, she was not allowed to participate. We stayed home.
This morning in Plant City (not far from here) I can only imagine that another child’s family wishes they had stayed home. 9-year-old Jordan Hayes of Inverness was walking beside the Greater Heights Family Worship Center float in a Christmas parade last night, handing out beads and candy when his foot caught in a wheel. Observers saw the situation and shouted to the driver of the float (Hayes’s cousin) to back up. In the confusion, the truck ran over Hayes a second time.
Hayes died later at a local hospital.
It breaks my heart.
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