Mount Airy acts after child’s death in flash flood

Too much water for it to drain.

Thursday’s downpour sent water over the banks of a stormwater holding area in Mount Airy taking 13-year-old Mason Kearns with it, pinning him inside a small culvert next to his home as his mother and older brother tried in vain to free him.

Mason’s brother flagged down a neighbor, Maggie McBain, as she was driving by…

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