4 YEAR OLD BOY CRUSHED BY GRAVESTONE. The Brandon Schwartz Story.
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In 1986, four-year-old Brandon Schwartz was walking with his parents at the Jewish Waldheim Cemetery in suburban Chicago when a 500-pound granite marker fell from a 16-inch-high base, pinning him underneath.
The cemetery is still today a very hazardous place to walk.
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This is one of the reasons many "modern" cemeteries do not allow "free standing" markers and insist grave stones be placed directly in the ground. May little Brandon and his loved ones R.I.P. Excellent vlog, Ron!
And, it’s easier to maintain with mowing the grass.
The only reason they do that is so they can mow over the stones instead of mowing around them and then using the weed eater to get close. It saves time and money on maintenance.
Yes Ron, new tall stones have rods to support the stone. My family has a large “Family” stone and it did not have rods. My aunt had a memorial stone company fix it with rods and cement. My husband’s family is in a cemetery that has “perpetual care.” His grandparents stones are being reset. Sinking, tipping. When you see stones in disrepair, the families are most likely deceased and there is no one to request repairs. This cemetery should do just as you say and lay them down to prevent a tragedy. ❤
Often times there all of the family has died out. It should be up to the graveyard to fix it but they often do not because there is no one following it. About the only time you see repairs being made on time are church yards. graveyard
It would be a blessing if family would take care of these things.😢
@@Kimmy-y3e As I have discovered, family is long gone. Years ago, families would go to the cemeteries after church, plant flowers, clean the stones and picnic. After television, those traditions were put aside and now, long gone. When I see mold covered stones, I see the neglect and clean them.
A lot of those stones were apparently caulked around only the edges. Once that narrow seam is breached, it's game over.
This reminds me of many years ago when my two year old brother had his leg broken by a falling tombstone. He was just standing there. This is an unbelievably sad story. That precious little boy 😢. Perpetual care doesn’t mean much in too many cemeteries. 💜
How is your brother doing? Did he heal well and go on to have a good life?
@@Joy-TheLazyCatLady2 He healed up very well. He was actually pretty cute in his little cast. He’s in his early sixties now and I’m very grateful we had a happy ending. Thanks for asking, Joy 💜. You must be a cat lover like me!
@@DorisVoerster I do love my cats. I am alone most of the time so they have become my kids. I am glad your brother had a happy ending. 😊
Same thing happened to a 4 year old girl near where I live in 2012. Happened in a church cemetery.😢
I bet it happens a lot.There are many stones leaning.
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@@javachipcoffeeyoutubechann4597 You have a morbid sense of humor.
Here in England I remember being upset they were laying down headstones in cemeteries and if family didn't have them repaired, they were removed. I can understand now why 😢
I believe they do that in Sweden, also.
Wow, I go out with my brother to locate graves and never thought of such a thing happening. Thank you for this information! And I totally agree with your idea of laying them on top of the graves… that is still respectful and eliminates the danger.
I clean my family stones. I won’t touch one that is tipping or loose. Children cannot run and play in cemeteries for their own safety.
One of my Mom's good friends actually saved someone from a gravestone. She happened to be at the right place at the right time.
She was at a cemetery when she saw a woman shirtless and waving her clothing in the air. And when she took a closer look, a gravestone landed on the women's foot. She was there for quite sometime and went almost into shock. She was part of the military so she took her shirt off and started waving for help.
The woman was grateful that my Mom's friend rescued her, she could have lost her foot and she was dehydrated from being under the sun for too long. Gave her an angel necklace and apparently they still talk to each other to this very day.
So yeah, definitely be careful around gravestones....
Oh my goodness!!
wow. thanks for sharing.
Goodness what a story with a happy ending. Thanks for sharing and warning people.
Thank you for sharing your story with us. I’m glad everything turned out OK and a new friendship was born 🙏🙏✝️✝️♥️❤️
What an amazing story ! Thank goodness your moms friend was able to help !
The story about the little boy was so sad. I never thought about a tall tombstone toppling over and killing anyone, what a scary thought. Stay safe on the road Ron
On mother's day, his mother lost her child. Irony.
For some reason I thought the headstones were secured to the base stone. Apparently not.
@@kellysouter4381 so sad
@@LuvBorderCollies I did too
@@LuvBorderColliesthat’s how they use to be yrs ago…they make them with rods that help keep them together
That is why I want cremation!!! Our family is very small, along the way, there won't be someone to take care of thumbstones, no one will be able to pay for that maintenance.
It's so sad to hear what happened to that little guy!!!😢
My family has a family spot in a cemetery. My dad and grandmother are cremated and the cremains are buried there, my mom and brother were buried there. I want to be cremated and even though I would like to be buried with my family, I told my kids its ok to spread my ashes in anyplace they think I would like.
What a tragedy! Poor little Brandon😢 Visiting the grave on Mother's Day of a grandparent is such a common occurrence. It's hard to fathom how Brandon's parents could recover from this loss.💔 It really is shocking when you showed us how many stones are an accident waiting to happen just in that general area Ron! Wow. Thank you for telling Brandon's story, and maybe what you suggested doing might save others from injury❤
Ty Ron for telling this lil boy Brandon what happened to him. Super sad story of this poor lil boy ..I hope he is resting in peace rip.young child ....Ron you stay safe out there and take care too...have a good week ahead sir.. 💖👍...Mary from Arkansas 🙂
That's very sad. Rest in paradise little Brandon 🙏.
Thank you for his story.
What a sad story 😢 Ron. I can,t imagine how those parents felt to turn around and see that horror! R.I.P. Brandon and the Schwartz family.
Similar thing happened to a little boy in our community, but it was a steal container door, the container was being moved and the little fella adored his uncle so he was stood watching his uncle move it across the yard, same age as little Brandon, the door came off and crushed him. The wake was devastating. I can't even imagine the pain of the loss. He was in my child's classroom so we all were fairly close. Babies that age are so fragile, but even a grown man with that weight on him wouldn't have stood a chance. They say you could hear his mothers screams throughout the hills around, so yes, l 100% agree, put those headstones down flat.
What reverence you have in discussing the deceased. This one was particularly heartbreaking, but you always manage to lead us through it.
How sad indeed. Who would ever think going to visit a loved one at a cemetery could fatal. What a freak accident. Breaks my heart for the little boy and his parents. I totally agree with you on laying down the headstones its just a matter of time.😍
I remember this tragedy. Some cemeteries don't allow the upright stones without rod support and have to be bought from an approved dealer. Rest in peace, precious one.
Maybe we should do away with these massive headstones altogether with a height limit.
Just remember that a dresser in your Bedroom could crush your child also.
@@deannawiederhold3326 Well yes, "maybe" in an earthquake, but it is not just going to fall over if a child walks past it, nor does it weigh 1,000lbs or more.
No.
Agree
@@meerkatmeerkat2398 What is your solution to a dangerous public hazard? Should we simply close the cemeteries?
Although I like the upright headstones, something to be sad for the flat ones. RIP to the little one and his family.
Vending machines falling on people has killed them.Very odd accident and sad here about a boy killed under a falling headstone. And after Father survived the Holocaust and suffered so much already. 😢
Checked it out via Google Map satellite and that is a big cemetery. From the road view the headstones are so many it looks as thick as a cornfield. It would take a long time to find a specific grave if you didn't have a map and/or very good directions.
Before checking the satellite view I was thinking there must be a soil condition problem, otherwise what could explain the thousands of leaning off-kilter stones. A clue was in one review left on Google Map and that was about the flooding in the area.
I got the impression that sections of the cemetery are prone to flooding a lot. So that makes a lot of sense with all that weight on soggy soil. Then combine with any variation in soil compaction and you'll have stuff leaning every which direction. Think of the Leaning Tower of Piza in Italy, same issue just a much larger structure.
ADD:: The Des Plaines River runs right next to the cemetery so it all makes sense now.
How terrible! I’ve never even given a thought to this possibility as I’ve walked through an older cemetery! Thanks for talking about this danger 😢
I don’t think the ones to the right were his parents. They would have been in their late 40’s to 50’s when he was born. Brandon was born in 1981. They were born in 1929 and 1934. Maybe his grandparents? It’s possible though.
My grandmother Agatha had her next to last child at 41 and her last child at 44
Another 4 year old little boy died from the same accident, a fallen headstone on July 5, 2012. It happened in the Park City, Utah graveyard. The child's name was Carson Dean Cheney. In June 2012, the month before this boys death, another 4-year-old North Carolina girl was killed when a massive cross fell off a tombstone as she played before Bible study class. The following year, a cemetery worker in Texas died after a tombstone weighing about a ton fell on him in Edinburg. In September 2014, a 4-year-old child suffered a serious head injury when a tombstone fell on him in the Albany, New York, area.
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Never thought they were inherently dangerous, but obviously so. Thanks Ron for making us more aware. Seems the city/ county would set codes.
That is a sad story and it sounds spooky.I am a retired carpenter if I lived around there I would go in there and fix all of them for nothing. I know what to do with rods a concrete.
Rest in Paradise Brandon. I was told that it was easier to mow the lawns with stones that are flat. This was the first that i have heard of the stones falling and crushing people. I think the story went on for to long.
I remember reading about a family was taking engagement photos or, I also read about a mother taking pictures of her kids taking photos of her little kids peeking out around the stones and one fell on one of the children. It was a while ago. I don't remember where it happened. It was tragic.
Edit.. They were taking pictures at a family reunion at an historic cemetery. Just heartbreaking
Wow! It's mind boggling!! The odds of it happening right at that time seems astronomical. 😮
I love doing genealogy and frequent older cemeteries such as this one - I’ve always had the fear of stones tipping like you discussed. My heart goes out to Brandon’s family. ❤
I have never seen that problem. So tragic!! Kids do like to climb on stones, but still, it's terrible if they just collapse.
I've personally never had much use for giant gravestones, once your gone you really don't need something that fancy. Many cemeteries don't even allow the tall ones in newer sections anymore.
💯 If they don't want to lay the stones down, there should be yellow caution tape around them.
This is a real horror story.
Yes it is the law herein England that any gravestones that look dangerous are automatically laid down after a similar tragedy happened here with a group of young lads who were playing in a graveyard. Maybe the USA should bring it in to law.
What's the Chance of this happening
Good advice Ron to lay them down
A lot of the tall stones look like they’re leaning.. I wouldn’t want to walk amongst them..The stone you measured looks repaired at the top..I agree lay it down over the top of the grave..
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So sad. Laying the stones down is a good idea like the flat stones with vases. There was a huge 1,200 lb statue fell on a little girl at the small cemetery near Boone, NC several years ago. Heartbreaking.
Here is ANOTHER 4 year old boy injured by tombstone - Site of the Van Allen family plot at Albany Rural Cemetery Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, where a 4-year-old boy was seriously injured when a gravestone fell on him Sunday in Colonie, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union) Not sure if he died or not. STRANGE
Ron that's unbelievable. They definitely need additional support maybe rebar idk. Such a sad tragedy and horrible for the child's family. May he Rip.🙏
I live in Bedminster, Pennsylvania, cemeteries here, beautiful, and taking care of. But not as beautiful as the ones you mentioned.
Omg! Unbelievable how anyone can find they last day…so sad…you mentioned they sued a cemetery and get 1.5 million dollars…well…maybe a lot of you dis’s agree, but it ok…that money won’t bring that sweet boy back…however would fix a lot falling grave stones…
RIP Brandon. I agree that city councils should demand annual surveys of stones from the cemetery management and any not being deemed “safe” should be laid down. I guess this could result in maintenance being more difficult and also trips and falls by people trying to manoeuvre around them but the alternative is horrendous
Morning Ron and everyone from ballarat in Oz,hope you all are well,👋👋🙏🙏👍🇦🇺
We re more to the east of sovereign hill near the wildlife park,hope you and yours are safe and well,👋👋👍
Thanks Ron, for bringing awareness of this. My granddaughter and I walk around,in an older cemetery and I never even thought about this happening. Very scary 😢
Idk why i had to say this but it hit me that youre there doing the story about Brandon Schwartz and ended up reading the name "Harry Schwartz" (@12:40)off a stone... of all the stones there you read that one when talking about them falling. Wild coincidence. 😮
Ron, you have great advice. Laying it down over the body is best if the family isn't going to have it upgraded to include pins and repositioned properly, this is the only solution to prevent someone from losing life or limb under the extreme weight of these stones.
My stone and my husband's I have went to put a yellow rose n it UT the guys who mow have spun minaround and I have had to get it straight UT I can see it falling over and it big stone
So sad for him to die in a terrible way Rip little one sleep well😢😢😢😢
Thank you Ron, I never gave it a thought about a stone falling on us. Now I will be more careful
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The danger sticker on that stone couldn’t be any smaller!
As important as it is to keep long lasting markers at gravesites, the monuments don’t need to be so tall. Its a hazard because as the ground beneath the stone shifts over time, as we all know what I am going to say next, the stone sinks and changes the orientation of the stone to where eventually gravity will topple it over. Unless there is a new 21st century way to anchor these monuments to permanently stay up straight they shouldn’t be so towering. Just another tragedy waiting to happen. I am sure if they had a voice the people whose remains rest there wouldn’t want anyone else getting hurt by their grave stone.
All the care but someone who really does care.lives that we really care about.may be a good job for low level felons Ron,and if they do it as a way to be reabilitated into a working life.
Very sad story, I think the most beautiful cemetarys are the bural places with the big tombstones but to hear of something like this that took place breaks my heart . my condolenses to the family.
My Grandson had two bones in his leg broken because the Ten Commandments fell on him. Yard decoration in the neighbors front yard.
Thanks Jackie❤️ Thanks Deb❤️So sad that it happened but on Mothers day? No deaths on Christmas Mothers day or Fathers day thats the way it should be.Stay cool everyone❤️
In looking at the markers. I can tell you that they did not mount the marker right. When mounting a marker like this. You need to dig out the base of the grave. You need to dig down 4 to 6 inchs. You need to fill the base with stones. About 2 inches then once that is done you need to fill the rest with cement. Then you put the base into the cement. Once this is done you wait until it set up for 24 hrs. Then you add the top half. Once this is done this will keep the stone from walking. Because you put a foundation in.. the reason these markers are walking is no foundation. If it does not have a foundation then when you set the marker on the ground it is just going to sink in to the ground. Which ever side is weakest this why the markers are leaning.
So sad, what today brings, tomorrow is not promise. Fly high with your beautiful angel wings.
If you go to these types of cemeteries you never never leave your young kids at anytime and when you go to visit a love one know exactly where they are so you can go directly to the stone pay your respects and safely go they are never going to be able to get rid of these stones there are to many of them my prayers are with the little boy and his mother and father very tragic what happened I feel so sad for everyone god take care of the little boy this little angel 🙏😢
An 8 year girl died in 2011 after a stone fell over her at a cemetery in Bollebygd in Western Sweden. She was said to have climbed at the stone. After that accident Swedish cemetaries have new regulations. The stones have to be secured with steel rods, and they are controlled every other year. Older stones often have iron rods that needs to be replaced.
The church does the controlling and the family takes the cost.
My brother and I secured our grandparents stone a couple of years ago.
Families used to picnic in cemeteries before TV. They would clean family stones and plant flowers. Kids would climb over the stones and sometimes with tragic results. Horrible.
i was thinking the same thing about lay them down, but wouldn't they sink into the ground and be lost in time ?
Hi, really interesting! Thanks 👍❤️🌞
Such a sad story. You told it with so much compassion and respect. There have been others killed by tombstones. There was one this year but the man killed was helping to reset an old tombstone and there was a woman killed by one about a year ago. There are others besides them. When I see one leaning I don't get near it. Here in MS we don't get the ice like up north. A lot of the ones here fall over because the ground starts sinking under them.
.y mom and dad cemetery o ly has foot stones o head stones because of the stones toppled over it close to the highway but the people running it stole the folks money and left it a mess we go up and mow them
Imagine how many people you have educated on the risk of death or severe injury from falling head stones and memorial stones. Ron, you are a treasure. ❤
Great work here as always sir...... this is one of those stories I will never forget...... so many times you and I have walked past fallen grave monuments or headstones and have wondered "what if"..... to now know a true story in which this kind of tragedy occurred is sad but touching..... thanks to Jackie for enlightening you on this one
Laying them down is an excellent idea
Ron, what a wild story 😲 You do a great job of telling these stories. Thank you and have an amazing blessed week ❤️🙏❤️
That little bead of epoxy is not enough to hold that massive stone
The old grave stones should be marked as black spots for indication / highlight danger for the visitors.
I've never heard of this before. Shocking!
All the headstones that are leaning need to be leveled back up.
It has a lot to do with the environment. The Midwest and the prairie states have soft ground... Folks have to check on heavy things like home foundations and anything heavy. Not exactly like the coastal states with their sinkholes, but similar... Things sink, settle, move over time.
I agree, vandalism shouldn't happen, but something should be done for safety reasons; whether with sturdy rods at the base or laying them down. ❤
Thank you for the education regarding the grave stones. How many of us go to the cemetery and are deep in thought and not noticing our surroundings. The story was a sad tragic experience! R.I.P.
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RIP Schwartz family 👪 🙏 😢 💔 😪 😔...What a very sad 😔 story 💔.
That would be a good recommendation Ron
This is sad. I have never seen headstones toppled over like that, especially ones that are not that old. My daughters are buried in a cemetery that opened in 1859 and I don't even see it there. They have those really tall ones that were popular back then and they still stand, but I would never stand in front of them after watching this.
Rest in peace Brandon Schwartz and family.🙏🙏🙏
thanks for sharing this st0ry. In Holland we also have cemeteries with "bad" and dangerous headstones, even at the cemetry where I am working
How sad was this story 😢.
A 4yr child I can not even imagine the horror for the family.
I just hope this can be fixed in the cemetery now .
God Rest his soul.
Great video Ron.That was a freak accident but it could happen again.
What a horrible way to die ! Thank you for another amazing and respectful video
Very sad when it’s your time you go💔
Rose was most likely her nickname
The cemetery that populates itself.
Something you surely don't think about. So sad this happened to this young man. I can't even imagine how terrifying that was for the family while there on that tragic day 🙏 💚 thank you for remembering the forgotten. We all appreciate all you do 💯
Very sad about the little boy. Thank you for such an informative video.
RIP Brandon :(
Laying the stones down is a good idea. I hope it is done.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲ-דֹנָי אֱ-לֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם דַּיָּן הָאֱמֶת
Horrible, I cannot imagine that poor family’s feelings.
Sounds like a plausible solution to lay the stones down but I’m not sure maintenance would go for that.
I agree with you that something should be done but can you imagine how hard it would be to mow or keep the grounds up? I would suggest that they take those big stones and put a concrete pad down and put the stones on that.
Tragic story. Poor little boy, gone too soon. May he rest in peace.
I’ve seen several grave stones leaning over like these. I’m definitely going to be more cautious around them now!
Wow 😳 when I was doing a search for the incident, I saw that there have been 3 to 4 other cases! Mostly 4 year olds and one 2 year old. 😔 poor little things 😢 R.I.P. little babies
I thought they all had rebarb in them until 20 years ago. My late ex husband and I went to my family cemetery and found one of my Great Aunt's headstones in this condition. Out of respect for my Great Aunt that was still alive he propped it up behind the base. That's all that could be done at the time. When I got home I called my Great Aunt to let her know what had happened. I don't know if she ever got any of my cousin's to go fix it. Due to my health I can't get up to the graves anymore 😢
you said exactly what i was coming on here to say...just simply lay the stones down.