SALT LAKE CITY — It’s memories like ice skating and going to the lake with their 14-year-old son Keenan that Rachelle and Bryant Coburn are now holding onto even tighter.
Keenan Conte passed away Friday after he was involved in an accident while working alongside his stepdad, Bryant, in Salt Lake City.
“He was on a building and sat down on a skylight and fell into the building,” Bryant recalled.
Keenan was taken to the hospital after the accident, but Bryant and Rachelle said their goodbyes just hours later.
“He suffered, I mean, multiple injuries, but ultimately it was his brain that could not recover,” his mom Rachelle said. “Keenan was the glue to our family. If someone was having a bad day, he was there to crack a joke and cheer you up and sing you a song, do a little dance, and he’s not there to cheer us up.”
Bryant said he and Keenan were just starting to bond over work and Keenan liked the opportunity to gain extra summer money.
“I know work shouldn’t be the only thing you connect over with your kids, but it was just another thing that we could start. We started connecting on dirt bike riding and he started riding dirt bikes with me,” Bryant said.