One mother’s mission after losing her son to drowning: ‘His legacy is to save other children’

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – As summer begins and families spend more time around pools, lakes and water parks, one mother is sharing her story in hopes of preventing another family from experiencing the same heartbreak.

In 2017, Michelle Meadors Paxton Arnold’s life changed forever when her 5-year-old son, Princeton, drowned during a family vacation in Tennessee.

“He has a legacy and his legacy is to save other children,” Paxton Arnold said.

Nine years later, the grief remains…

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