CAROLI: NOT AS THE MEMORIAL AT VETERANS PARK CONTINUES TO BIGGER FOR VICTIMS OF THE WAUKESHA CHRISTMAS PARADE, A NEW MEMORIAL IS NOW BEHIND THE RECEPTION PLATE AT DOPP PARK. FOR JACKSON SPARKS, EIGHT YEARS OLD WHO DIE OF HIS INJURIES WEEK THIESS. >> I AM JUST ON MECO AND THE BROKEN GLASS I HAD JUST RECOVERED, AND IF THE PANELS ARE DOWN WE SAVE THEM. CAROLINE: A TRIBUTE TO PAST TIME FOR THE WAUKESHA BLAZERS BASEBALL TEAM. THE MEMORIAL SHARES PHOTOS OF HIM IN UNIFO.RM MEMENTOS SW HOW LOVED HE WAS LIKE THE SIGNED HOUSE POSTERS OF TEAMMAT, THEIR FAMILIES AND COHEACS. NEIGHBORS LIKE TONY KARNS SAY WEDNESDAY THE TEAM HELD A WATCH FOR THE SPARKS. >> IT WAS SO QUIET YOU CAN HEAR A PIECE OF A PIECE. PEOPLE WERE HERE HOLDING CANDLES. PARENTS ARE TALKING. NOBODY SAID ANY WORD OTHER THAN TNHA. WE JUST LISTENED. ED CAROLI: DIDN’T WHAT WERE SOME OF THE STORIES THEY SAY? >> ABOUT HOW HE LOVED PYLA BASEBALL AND WAS SO LOVED BY THE TEAM MEMBERS. CAROLINE: THE ONLY POSITIVE NEWS FROM FRIDAY A CHILDREN’S WISCONSIN UPDATE. THE FIVE OF CRITICAL CHILD CARE ARE IMPROVED. AND A CHILD IS BACK HOME. NOW THERE ARE NINE CHILDREN IN THE HOSPITAL. FOUR ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION. WE HAVE REACHED THE WAUKESHA AZERBLS SEVERAL TIMES THIS WEEK TO COMMENT BUT HAVE NO FEEDBACK. TO WAUKESHA, CAROLINE REINWALD, WISN 12 NEWS. DERRICK: THE WKEAUSHA BLAZERS HAVE POSTED MESSAGES ABOUT JACKSON SPARKS ON FACEBOOK. THE TEAM ALSO ESTABLISHED A MEMORIAL FUND FOR ALL FAMILIES. WE HAVE POSTED A LINK TO THE FUND, INSIDE THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, AT WISN
“He was so well liked by the members of the team”: his teammates pay tribute to the boy from Waukesha killed during the Christmas parade
A memorial for 8-year-old Jackson Sparks can be found in Dopp Park. Sparks died of his injuries this week after being punched in the Waukesha Christmas Parade.
A memorial at Dopp Park in Waukesha honored 8-year-old Jackson Sparks who died this week. Sparks died on Tuesday from injuries sustained during the Waukesha Christmas Parade, when an SUV passed through and struck dozens of people. Six people in total died. Sparks’ new memorial honors his time with the Waukesha Blazers, the baseball team he played for. The memorial displays photos of Sparks in uniform. He also has a baseball, bat and homemade posters signed by his teammates. Neighbors say the team erected the memorial on Wednesday and held a vigil for Sparks. “It was so quiet you could hear a coin drop. People were holding candles here. Relatives were talking. Nobody said a word other than that, we just listened,” Tony said. Karns, who lives nearby and was at the vigil. “Talk about how he loved to play baseball and how well loved by the team members. How the holidays will be tough to go through.” WISN 12 News reached out to the Waukesha Blazers several times this week for comment, but did not do so. understood. The team posted on their Facebook page that they were heartbroken over Sparks’ death. They asked anyone willing to donate to their GoFundMe Memorial Fund for the families at the club who have been affected by the tragedy.
A memorial at Dopp Park in Waukesha honored 8-year-old Jackson Sparks who died this week.
Sparks died on Tuesday from injuries sustained during the Waukesha Christmas Parade, when an SUV passed through and struck dozens of people.
Six people in total died.
Sparks’ new memorial honors his time with the Waukesha Blazers, the baseball team he played for.
The memorial displays photos of Sparks in uniform. He also has a baseball, bat and homemade posters signed by his teammates.
Neighbors say the team erected the memorial on Wednesday and held a vigil for Sparks.
“It was so quiet you could hear a coin drop. People were holding candles here. Relatives were talking. Nobody said a word other than that, we just listened,” Tony said. Karns, who lives nearby and was at the vigil. “Talk about how he loved to play baseball and how well loved by the team members. How the holidays will be tough to go through.”
WISN 12 News has contacted the Waukesha Blazers several times this week for comment, but has had no response.
The team posted on their Facebook page they were heartbroken over Sparks’ death. They asked anyone willing to donate to their GoFundMe memorial fund for the families of the club who were affected by the tragedy.
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