the most courageous act is to still think for yourself. aloud. ++ coco chanel
January 21st 2007 to the world it is a normal sunday, but hto the kids at GCHS it is the day Alex Richardson died. He will always be in our hearts. He will never be forgotten. He will always be loved. Alex was a boy with suc a love for life. He made everyone smile and was an amazing Football Player. He changed so many people's lives. Alex is in heaven now, even though he left behind the ones who loved him the most Alex is happy now. He's safe now, and feels no pain. God has a plain for us all, He makes eveything happen for a reasosn. This is just another part of the plan. WE LOVE YOU ALEX, R.I.P
Three years ago, Alex Richardson completed a snowmobiling safety class, allowing him to ride on his own.
The 16-year-old Grayslake boy had been a passenger for years with his uncles, and was excited to have the independence.
“He loved to be outside, loved to four-wheel and loved to snowmobile,†said Alex's mother, Carol Richardson.
On Sunday, Alex died doing what he loved when his snowmobile fell through the ice on Fourth Lake.
Richardson said Alex checked in with her at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
According to reports, rescue officials were called around 6:30 p.m. when the three boys Alex was snowmobiling with couldn't locate him.
Lake Villa Fire Department Lt. Glen Heitman said rescuers found some of Alex's personal belongs and articles of clothing on the ice.
Just before 8 p.m. divers located him in the water, Heitman said.
Alex was taken to Condell Medical Center in Libertyville where he was pronounced dead.
Lake County Coroner Richard Keller said Alex drowned, but hypothermia also played a part in his death.
Alex was a junior at Grayslake Central High School where he was a running back on the varsity football team.
“He loved football more than anything in the world,†Richardson said.
Lake County Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Thompson said he wouldn't recommend taking a snowmobile out on the water.
“We encourage them to take all kinds of precautions,†Thompson said. “Unfortunately, we've seen this in the past. People need to be very, very cognizant that we've had a sustained period of below freezing temperatures. “
R.I.P ALEX<333 Name: KatelynAnne. i'm a freshman at Sterling College [go warriors!] and i am super excited to be here, finally. I am majoring in biology and psychology; i'm a science nerd. I get very involved with theatre, and music is my life. I'm very motivationally challenged when it comes to school work, but when i set my mind to it, i can really get things done, and done well. I'm very organized, and it's hard for me to work in a messy room. When i see a mess, i'll usually clean it.
music is love.
katie&carolyn&mary are my best friends. i can't live without seeing or talking to one of them at least once a day. i can get very crazy with these girls, but it's always a blast. whether its a house party, just the two of us, bowling, clubbing, shopping, sitting around, talking all night, or whatever, we'll always have fun no matter what.
i love my family, even though it's doubled this october, i couldn't feel more loved and wanted. My parents mean the world to me, I'd be nowhere without them. And my biological dad, well...let's just say my personality definitely came from somewhere ;) i have a half brother who i've yet to meet, but i can't flippin' wait.
i'm a camera whore, i always have my camera in my purse or in my hand. my cell phone is always on me, whether it be purse, pocket, hand, or ear, i always have it. don't even try to take it away from me. one of my biggest peeves is when people go through my phone without asking. i have nothing to hide, just ask first.
and yeah, like everyone, i have a past. that doesn't mean i think every choice i made was right, nor am i proud of some of those choices. sometimes, i'll do something just to piss someone off, and it'll turn into a lot more than that, good or bad.
talk to me;; sweetxasx314
my friends and i like to make crazy improv movies...
