Also, surf brand Hurley has shown his family a lot of support and has released clothing to help support his foundation.
His father is my dad's 1st cousin and they are pretty close, so he is my 2nd cousin. We only met once as he lived in CA and i live in CT/RI, so while i feel a lot of pride being able to call him family, we were by no means close.
I live in this area and remember when this happened. I have a lot of friends who are lifeguards in the area and everyone here was deeply affected by your cousin's sacrifice. I'm sorry for your loss, but please take solace that your cousin is held in the highest regard here.
camelfister on December 10th, 2017 at 19:26 UTC »
This is garnering more interest than i anticipated. Ben's story can be found here as well as donations to his memorial scholarship foundation:
http://www.bencarlsonfoundation.org/story/
Also, surf brand Hurley has shown his family a lot of support and has released clothing to help support his foundation.
His father is my dad's 1st cousin and they are pretty close, so he is my 2nd cousin. We only met once as he lived in CA and i live in CT/RI, so while i feel a lot of pride being able to call him family, we were by no means close.
Edit: corrected our relation
Edit 2: guess i was right the first time
Edit 3: REALLY regretting my username
magnolias_n_peonies on December 10th, 2017 at 20:00 UTC »
I live in this area and remember when this happened. I have a lot of friends who are lifeguards in the area and everyone here was deeply affected by your cousin's sacrifice. I'm sorry for your loss, but please take solace that your cousin is held in the highest regard here.
iambriezy on December 10th, 2017 at 21:16 UTC »
I'm sorry for your family's loss. The memorial paddle-out for him was amazing:
https://vimeo.com/100660118