Jesse Owen Thornton of Hawaii died in a homemade fireworks explosion. Now his family has a safety warning for others.
."He had been making them on his own here and there throughout life. I don't know what happened."
When Fowler received a call from daughter-in-law Marci Thornton that Jesse had been injured, she flew from Boise, Idaho to Hawaii. "We had to wait until the next day for an update," she recalled." said Jesse would make it through the night — and he did for two nights — but it came to a point where you said, 'That's enough.'" Jesse was ultimately taken off life support.issued by the Hawaii Police Department stated that officials found materials used for homemade fireworks in Jesse's home.
Fowler said her son was so resourceful and careful around fireworks that she rarely worried for his safety."His motto was, 'If you want it, you can make it,'" she recalled.Jesse enjoyed teaching his step-daughters, ages 15 and 10, and his daughter, 3, how to cook dishes such as chicken cordon bleu."He was an amazing dad," said Fowler.
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