Here's a newspaper article about a recent tragity with one of our Keller Williams Associates children.
Wednesday, Sep 3, 2008

A Labor Day weekend afternoon of tubing ended tragically when a 10-year-old Union County girl was killed in an accident involving a personal watercraft.Alexandra Morgan Langley of Indian Trail was tubing with her family in the Intracoastal Waterway on Saturday near Surf City, 20 miles south of Jacksonville. The accident occurred as Alex and her 6-year-old brother, Will Landry, were riding an inner tube towed by a Yamaha WaveRaider piloted by their father, Matt Langley, said Officer Doug Jones of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, which investigates boating accidents.The craft, going around 20mph, created a wake that pushed the tube off to the side and toward a channel marker, a wooden post sticking out of the water, Jones said. The tube struck the marker, killing Alex instantly. Her brother was not injured.Alex had transferred this year to Sardis Elementary, along with Will and their 8-year-old brother Carl, Union County Public Schools spokeswoman Luan Ingram said. Alex had just started the 5th grade.Her fourth-grade teacher at Hemby Bridge Elementary, Paul Rybos, remembered Alex as a popular, outgoing student whose love of cheese led to Rybos nicknaming her “Little Cheese.” She returned the favor, calling him “Big Cheese.” “No matter what the question was, Alex had her hand up,” Rybos said. “She wanted to be a part of what was going on. …. She was always trying to contribute something.” The Onslow County district attorney will not file charges in the accident, Jones said. Matt Langley was relatively inexperienced piloting the watercraft, Jones said. But North Carolina does not require certification for people over age 16 to operate personal watercraft. The watercraft was equipped with rearview mirrors and so was not required to have a second person in the seat observing the children being towed. Though not required, the N.C. Wildlife Commission offers free safety classes on recreational boating, Jones said. For more information, visit www.nc wild life.org.Visitation for Alex will be held at 6 p.m Thursday at Southbrook Community Church in Weddington, with services to follow at 7:30 p.m.
 
 
To anyone wishing to help,  we are raising money for the family, several of our market centers have given money. Our regional director paid to have the body shipped back. If you would like to send money you can send it to:
Keller Williams Realty 14700 E. Independence Blvd, Indian Trail, NC 28079 704-684-1000.
 
Just note on the check For the Langley Family and our charity office charity fund is called the Heart of Keller Williams. But we can keep up with it for you. Or you can give thru your office's charity fund and just make the check out to Dee Langley and still send it to us and we'll get it to Dee.

It was such a terrible things and the family is in a real mess now. I have only met Dee a couple times, but she seems very nice. I know they have two others kids and the one son that's autistic keeps saying Daddy killed Alex, I can not imagine. Dee works for Lynsey Weber one of the owners of our market center and Lynsey has a 9yr old daughter that was best friends with Alex, so Lynsey has been really messed up thru this.

From what Lynsey tells me they are just living week to week, trying to take care of the austic boy's needs extra schooling and such. So I'm sure this will put them is a tight spot. And what is so great is all the KW people that have reached out and tried to ease their burden.

Now we must really pray for the family and God's grace that they can stick it out thru this, for as you may know many don't stay together after such a tragedy.

Thanks again for your prayer and any financial support will be greatly appreciated.

Gary Mitchell
704-578-9789