A six year-old Dorchester boy who was pulled from a swimming pool after a drowning incident in East Boston last week died on August 20. Brayden Kelly was set to begin first grade the Murphy School in Neponset next month.
“We as a family want everyone to know that water safety is important because this was something that could have been avoided,” said his aunt Jennifer Murphy in a message on a GoFundMe page set up this week. “We want not one single person to ever feel the devastating loss we are feeling.”
Bray’s mother, Jessica Kelly told Fox25: “We just want parents to know… just make sure in the summertime, you don’t let your eye off them.”
The boy was visiting a friend’s home when the accident happened. He was treated at Mass General Hospital, but died three days later.
The GoFundMe page had generated more than $4,900 of its intended $7,500 goal to pay for Brayden’s funeral as of Tuesday afternoon.
