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Boy Killed by Falling Tree at Melrose, Massachusetts Playground Spent "Last Moments Laughing and Playing Tag"
His family is honoring his memory with a memorial fund for ski camp donations instead of flowers.
- On Monday, 9-year-old Zakaria Bel Qaid died after a large tree fell on him while he played on a jungle gym at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts, as school was letting out.
- Eda George, president of the Upham Family Society, stated an arborist examined the neighboring Phineas Upham House property recently, with three trees removed last Friday from the 255 Upham St. location.
- Bel Qaid was an accomplished skier who recently won a national championship in Colorado for both half pipe and ski cross; he trained at Green Mountain Academy in Stowe, Vermont, where a memorial fund now accepts donations.
- Melrose Mayor Jennifer Grigoraitis and Superintendent of Schools Cari Berman released a Tuesday statement describing the death as 'a very sad day,' pledging counseling support for students and staff navigating the tragedy.
- Authorities continue investigating the fall while community members place flowers and handmade signs at the playground honoring the boy, whom loved ones described as 'the very best mama's boy.
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Zakaria Bel Qaid, a 9-year-old boy in Mass died from falling tree now remembered in Vermont
Zakaria Bel Qaid, who died after a tree fell onto a playground at his school in Massachusetts, is being remembered in Vermont thanks to his strong ties to the skiing community.
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