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Max LeNail, a 21-year-old avid hiker and nature lover, frequented Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego. He drowned in January when a sudden storm swept him into the river.
“He was crossing a river at the end of his hike, just five minutes from the parking lot, when he got stuck in a flash flood and hail storm,” said Ben LeNail about his son.
To deal with their grief the LeNail family has spearheaded an initiative to build a bridge over the rocky spot where their son died in hopes of preventing other deaths.
“It’s a very dangerous spot,” LeNail said. “There are many weeks during the year where it is basically a death trap.”