VALLEY MILLS, Texas — A Texas family is mourning the loss of a beloved father and the hospitalization of his young son following a lightning strike.
Matthew Boggs was walking his sons Elijah, 11, and Grayson, 6, home after school on May 15, when lightning struck him and Grayson, according to Stephanie Burris, who is Boggs' first cousin.
Burris said family members who were home at the time told her Boggs reached down and grabbed Grayson's hand after the two had separated from Elijah, and told his son that he loved him."His last words were, 'I love you buddy,' to his son," Burris said of her cousin."On arrival, responders located an adult male and a 6 year old child who were not responsive," the statement read.
"It seems like he's making very small progress every day, but we don't know if it's purposeful," Burris said."Until he's off [the ventilator], we're not going to know the extent of his deficits."Burris has started a GoFundMe account to help support Grayson in his ongoing recovery, as well as Elijah and the boys' mother Kayla Boggs.
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