TAMPA, Fla. -- For a brief moment Thursday, life for Ryan and Jennifer Pollock felt somewhat bearable, and they felt like someone finally understood.
On May 22, Ryan, his father Benjamin Tipton, and the couple's two children, Wade and Noah, were involved in a boating accident in Fort Myers, Florida. The boat crashed into the base of the Midpoint Bridge.
The family was heading to the Florida Keys for vacation.
Both boys were thrown into the water. Noah, 12, died at the scene. Wade, 11, injured his left leg badly. He spent 16 days in the Tampa General Hospital trauma unit and has undergone six surgeries.