Family remembers young boy who died after collapsing at Visalia Adventure Park

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A household is mourning the nonaccomplishment of a young lad who died aft collapsing astatine an amusement parkland successful Visalia.

Richard Weinert-Soto ne'er met a microphone helium didn't like.

"I don't cognize if he's an angel that God sent to maine temporarily, but helium is missed," said Maria Velasco, Richard's mother.

The 11-year-old went done a batch successful his abbreviated life.

He was calved with his bosom flipped implicit connected the incorrect broadside of his body, and missing arteries from his bosom to his lungs.

He had his archetypal unfastened bosom country astatine 2 months aged and spent the archetypal twelvemonth of his beingness astatine Valley Children's Hospital.

He'd person 5 much bosom surgeries successful the years aft that.

But helium smiled done it all, instantly offering his ma comfortableness aft having tubes removed his pharynx aft galore surgeries.

"And he'd beryllium similar 'I'm good mommy' and past he'd smile," recalled Maria.

His dad, Christopher Weinert, says helium was a giver, who was ever reasoning of others.

"He loved giving attention, helium loved giving gifts much than receiving gifts. He loved getting presents and each of that but helium took much joyousness from giving a gift," said Christopher.

Richard had 5 older sibling.

The 2 closest successful property to him recalled times wherever helium tried to wrestle with them, oregon played pranks connected them.

Richard spent his past time astatine Adventure Park successful Visalia, a spot helium loved to visit, and wherever his sister worked arsenic a supervisor.

She was successful complaint connected Saturday erstwhile her household had stopped by with a radical from their church.

"I told my ma hold for maine earlier you permission due to the fact that I bash privation to accidental bye. Just for immoderate crushed that time my gut told maine to accidental it," said Graciela Munoz-Soto, Richard's sister.

She got a telephone connected her walkie talkie during her interruption and she learned idiosyncratic had collapsed waiting for the h2o slide.

"I ran up determination and arsenic soon arsenic I got up determination I conscionable realized it was my member and helium was conscionable truthful bluish and purple," recalled Graciela.

Staff worked connected Richard until archetypal responders arrived.

He was taken to the infirmary wherever his ma says helium was declared dormant 3 abstracted times, thing his parents accidental speaks to his warring spirit.

"He fought hard, helium fought each the way," said Christopher.

Richard had beardown faith, loved attending religion connected Sundays, and singing

Those memories and heavy religion are helping transportation his household done this clip until they tin conscionable again.

"And erstwhile helium sang helium sang with that joyousness arsenic if helium was singing with his bosom successful his hands," said Maria.

Richard's household has acceptable up a GoFundMe to assistance wage for ceremonial expenses.

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