Teen Falls To Death In Gold Coast: 'We're All Shocked'

Chicago Tribune :

All morning the sad news spread through the Gold Coast high-rise: Charlie, the boy who had a smile for everyone, had died in a horrible accident, plummeting 46 floors down a trash chute.

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Comments

[cupcake77]

01:38 PM on 02/22/2012

:-(....I am so sorry to hear that......really.

[bkisses]

08:30 AM on 02/22/2012

very sad and tragic my heart goes out to his family

[the-lexicon]

11:19 PM on 02/21/2012

how sad and unfortunate. No, he's not in a better place. That doesn't make it any easier. Or better. He's just gone.

So very sorry and sad.

[apoyo]

08:29 PM on 02/21/2012

He went back to being an angel in heaven.

My condolences to his family.

[the-lexicon]

11:19 PM on 02/21/2012

no....just gone. so sad.

[joshkaydee]

12:36 PM on 02/22/2012

Really, guy? Do you really think this is the appropriate place to bother this person with your atheist commentary? I'm an atheist myself, and I am embarrassed by your comment. Save it for a discussion that doesn't revolve around the unfortunate loss of a child's life. You make us look bad.

[snide7242ca]

08:26 PM on 02/21/2012

So very sad. It seems he touched so many people's lives during his time here though. I cannot imagiine losing one of my children.

My condolences to his family and friends.

[George Broadway]

07:27 PM on 02/21/2012

The loss of a child is something I hope to never experience. My deepest condolences to the family.

[Aldyth]

05:13 PM on 02/21/2012

This is a dreadful tragedy. Deepest sympathies to the family, who are probably blaming themselves for this. You cannot watch your child every second. You think that they are safely occupied with something and it turns out differently. Sometimes when a person has autism and mental retardation, they may not have any sense of personal safety or curiosity overwhelms all good sense.

[the-lexicon]

11:21 PM on 02/21/2012

even with fully-functional kids. Even completely functional kids can go off the wire. It's so sad.

[Aldyth]

10:09 AM on 02/22/2012

There, but for the grace of God...