Updated December 27, 2020 6:53 p.m. EST
By Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter
Rolesville, N.C. Mailboxes lining the streets in the Heritage subdivision are adorned with orange and blue ribbons in remembrance of an 11-year-old boy who drowned in a creek that runs through the neighborhood.
On Nov. 12, more than six inches of rain turned the typically calm and shallow waters into rolling whitecaps.
Ty Williams’ parents said their son went to go look at the rough waters and slipped on rocks as he tried to cross the creek.
“He was doing what young boys do when you hear and you see something that is fascinating,” said Travis Williams, Ty’s father. “He went out to explore and then got consumed with the rushing water that he heard up the hill.”