FUNDRAISER. ROLLER SKATING IN REMEMBRANCE OF A TEEN WHOSE LIFE WAS TRAGICALLY TAKEN TOO SOON. WITH EVERY LAP LOVED ONES ARE HONORING 19 YEAR OLD MCKAY CLAY, A YOUNG MAN WHO LOVED TO SKATE AT SUNRISE ROLLER LAND IN CITRUS HEIGHTS, WHERE HE ALSO WORKED. MCKAY DROWNED AT JENKINSON LAKE, NEAR POLLOCK PINES EARLIER THIS
MONTH WHILE SWIMMING WITH FRIENDS. HE WAS MY BABY. HE WAS LIKE SIX, THREE, GORGEOUS, LIKE HE’S LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS MY SUPERMAN. AND I DON’T HAVE HIM ANYMORE. MCKAY’S FATHER SAYS THE HOLE IN HIS HEART WILL NEVER BE FILLED, BUT HE’S TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THE MEMORIES OF HIS SON.
EVEN THE EVERYDAY MOMENTS, YOU KNOW, ARGUE WITH ME, DEBATE WITH ME. I I WANT THAT. AND I’M NOT GOING TO GET IT ANYMORE. AND THAT’S WHAT I’M GOING TO MISS THE MOST. MAKAI WAS BASICALLY A BROTHER. MCKAY’S BEST FRIEND, CAMERON, WAS AT THE LAKE THE DAY MCKAY DROWNED THE TWO DID EVERYTHING
TOGETHER, INCLUDING WRESTLING THE PICTURES OF THEM HANGING OUT ARE ENDLESS. HE WOULD ALWAYS PUT A SMILE ON SOMEONE’S FACE. HE WOULD ALWAYS IMPACT EVERYBODY. HE WAS LIKE, THE BEST PERSON EVER. COWORKERS HAVE LEFT FLOWERS AND HANDWRITTEN NOTES IN MCKAY’S EMPLOYEE LOCKER AND LOVED ONES SAY LOSING SOMEONE LIKE HIM IS HARD TO DESCRIBE.
IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET THE WIND KNOCKED OUT OF YOU WHEN YOU’RE A KID, IT FEELS LIKE THAT, BUT IT DOESN’T GO AWAY. THAT’S WHY SUNRISE ROLLER LANDOWNER CATHY NEWTS OPENED HER DOORS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE DESCRIBES MCKAY AS A HELPFUL AND KIND EMPLOYEE, SOMEONE WHO
DESERVED A CELEBRATION OF LIFE JUST AS SPECIAL AS HE WAS. HAVE THIS BE SOMEWHAT OF A HEALING FOR SOMEONE. THEY COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND REMEMBER THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM AND WHAT A WONDERFUL KID HE WAS. THE EVENT IS ALSO A FUNDRAISER WITH ALL THE MONEY GOING TO
MACKAY’S FAMILY AND POSSIBLY A WRESTLING SCHOLALARSHIP. JUST SEEING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT HERE. MCKAY’S FAMILY TELLS ME. IT JUST SHOWS HOW WELL HE WAS LOVED. I’M HAPPY THAT EVERYONE’S HERE FOR HIM. I’M LIKE OVERWHELMED. I’M REALLY APPRECIATIVE. REPORTING IN CITRUS HEIGHTS, ORKO MANNA KCRA THREE NEWS.
MCKAY GRADUATES FROM DEL CAMPO HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR, HE’D BEEN ON THE WRESTLING TEAM AND HIS FAMILY
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