BRANDON, S.D. (AP) - Several hundred people gathered at a church in Brandon Sunday night to celebrate the life of a 14-year-old boy killed in a rollover accident last week.
Many of those who attended the vigil at Celebrate Community Church were fellow students of Noah Kimball at Brandon Valley High School.
The event was originally scheduled to be outdoors, but a steady rain canceled the candlelight portion of the vigil. With every seat in the sanctuary filled, people also congregated in the aisles and the lobby.
Kimball’s classmate, Faith Carson, held a poster that was signed with messages to Kimball by family and friends. The other side of the poster listed the school district’s motto of being respectful, kind, responsible, safe and active leaders, the Argus Leader reported.
Carson said Kimball, whose nickname was Bubbles, was all of those attributes and he knew how to make people laugh.
A long line waited to greet Kimball’s mother and stepfather, Kerry and Adam Hirsch.
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