August 2nd marks one year since
\nthe tragic death of a 10-year-old girl from Apex.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Carroll died after a
\nboat hit her while she was swimming in Harris Lake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s been hard. It\u2019s been
\nhard for everyone. I can\u2019t even begin to describe how hard it is for the
\nfamily,” said Allison Mazzotta, a friend of the Carroll family and whose
\ndaughter was friends with Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think one of the hardest
\nparts I\u2019ve experienced as a parent is having to tell my daughter that her
\nfriend is no longer with us.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Carroll had just In the months that followed the Over the past year, the foundation has held awareness and The foundation’s long-term goal “Everybody did everything
\nstarted her first week of fifth grade at West Lake Elementary School when she
\nwas hit by a boat<\/a> while swimming in Harris Lake with her friend\u2019s family. The
\nboat’s operator, Quinten Kight, and Annemarie Flanagan face charges including
\nsecond-degree murder. Kight is accused of being under the influence of
\nalcohol<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nincident, Mazzotta and other community members joined the heartbroken Carroll
\nfamily in establishing the Brooklyn Mae Carroll Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nfundraising events in Carroll’s honor and given scholarships to students.<\/p>\n
\nis to put emergency safety kits at boat ramps across North Carolina. The safety
\nkits would include items like tourniquets and personal protective equipment to
\nhelp people on the water who find themselves in crisis while they wait for
\nfirst responders to arrive.<\/p>\n
\nthey could. But was there something more that could have helped? That\u2019s an
\nanswer we\u2019ll never know; that\u2019s an answer we hope to be able to keep other
\nfamilies from asking themselves,” said Mazzotta.<\/p>\n