The 5-year-old boy who was killed when a bounce house was blown into the air at a Maryland baseball game is being remembered for his bright personality.
Multiple people have identified Declan Hicks as the child who died on Aug. 2 when the bounce house at the Blue Crabs Stadium in Charles County went airborne.
The Charles County Government previously said in a press release that numerous children were inside the bounce house when it flew “approximately 15 to 20 feet” into the air following a gust of wind, “causing children to fall before it landed on the playing field.”
The La Plata boy was airlifted to a children’s hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, per officials.
Declan attended Blessed Lambs Preschool for three years prior to the “horrible tragedy,” according to Tiffany Goudie, who organized a GoFundMe campaign for the child’s family.
His grandfather Bill Young is an Elder with the South Potomac Churchin White Plains, according to a statement shared …