Who lets their 14 yr old son roam the streets on a Friday night?
I have allowed my sons to wander the fair with their friends when they were 14, but I was also at the fair.
My parents did 30 years ago. Same with my friends' parents. Of course, we weren't out assaulting people.
We roamed neighborhood till 11pm in 1971
Easy
The average speed of vehicles on I-4 in the vicinity of the fairgrounds exit is probably 75-85 mph. Knowing my son made the illegal and insanely suicidal decision to cross this highway on foot at night, I would have rejected any suggestion of a public vigil for him, or any other kind of public ceremony to celebrate his life. I would be ashamed to hell and back of my obvious failure as a parent to have not instilled in my son basic commonsense during the entire fourteen years he lived under my supervision. And afraid other children might misunderstand any celebration of his life and see him as a hero or role model. What are these people thinking? Do they even think?