Using her tragic experience, a mother from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, is urging other parents to take immediate action. On June 6,
Cassandra Free’s son Andrew perished in a horrific boating accident. Months later, the mother revealed that her child’s death was caused by CO poisoning,
Not a catastrophic drop from their boat. This occurred in a manner that most parents would never imagine while their children were out in the sun for a day.
According to Free, her family was enjoying a normal summer day on the lake when she spoke with CafeMom.
As she, her husband Brett, and a friend manned the boat on Lake Eufaula in Eufaula, Oklahoma, the mother of three, Jonathan, 15, Blake, 13, and Andy, “forever 9,” began the day tubing.
She said that the children took turns jumping between riders. “They began at the front, but due to the sun, the boys moved to the back and the adults moved into.
