In 2010, five-year-old Chesney Allen died after drowning in a retention pond, and family and friends gathered a day later. Usually, such events are closed to media members, but family members allowed us to attend this private ceremony. Images like this ar

In 2010, five-year-old Chesney Allen died after drowning in a retention pond, and family and friends gathered a day later. Usually, such events are closed to media members, but family members allowed us to attend this private ceremony. Images like this are tough to look at, but if a kid is saved in the future by inspiring a fence to be built around a potentially deadly retention pond, it’s worth it.

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In 2010, five-year-old Chesney Allen died after drowning in a retention pond, and family and friends gathered a day later. Usually, such events are closed to media members, but family members allowed us to attend this private ceremony. Images like this are tough to look at, but if a kid is saved in the future by inspiring a fence to be built around a potentially deadly retention pond, it’s worth it.