MIAMI – To honor the memory of a young boy who died when a small airplane crashed into his mother’s SUV around North Perry Airport last year, the students at Hollywood Hills Elementary donated hundreds of teddy bears to first responders, hoping they will make an effects on other kids.
On March 15th, 2021, Megan Bishop’s daily life transformed for good when her four-year-old son Taylor was killed in the tragic accident.
“He was vivacious, whole of life, he loved to convey to jokes. He explained to the best jokes and gave the finest hugs and I miss out on them,” she reported.
On that fateful working day, a solitary engine aircraft dropped out of the sky just small of the runway, crashed into Bishop’s SUV, then careened into the airport’s fence and exploded in a ball of flames. Both equally persons on board the aircraft were being killed.
When 1st responders located him, Taylor’s favourite teddy bear “Chevy” was clutched in his arms.
Bishop and her son had been trapped inside the SUV. Just after being extricated, the two had been transported to Memorial Regional Clinic in Hollywood. Taylor did not survive.
“It was two Hollywood police officers that were being off responsibility. A person of them was my brother-in-regulation who ensured that I acquired Chevy back again,” reported Bishop.
These days Bishop, who goes by Miss Kiki at Hollywood Hills Elementary where she functions, keeps her son’s legacy alive with the nonprofit Taylor’s Teddy Bears Inc. an business that donates teddy bears to initial responders to give to small children throughout emergency circumstances.
Extra than 1400 teddy bears have been donated in her son’s honor.
“It truly is frustrating in the most effective way,” mentioned Bishop.
Hollywood law enforcement detective Andrew Laframboise said the bears make an influence.
“Wherever we see kids on their worst day but we also see them on their finest working day. So, it truly is a excellent way to type of link and bridge that hole with law enforcement,” he claimed.
In addition to learners collecting bears, Bishop also sells them on the internet at Amazon. These procured are despatched instantly to the college.
Bishop said the nonprofit is continue to in its early stages and hopes it will continue on to make an influence across South Florida.
