BYU star Curtis Brown's 2-year-old son dies in drowning
The two-year-old son of former Brigham Young University football standout Curtis Brown died in a drowning accident at the family's home in Clovis, California, on July 26. The toddler, Haze, was discovered unresponsive in the family's pool by a relative, who immediately called emergency services.
Police, firefighters, and EMTs responded to the scene and attempted CPR before transporting Haze to a nearby hospital. Medical staff detected a brief heartbeat, but the child was later declared deceased. Clovis Police Department spokesman Ty Wood described the incident as an extremely unfortunate situation and reiterated standard water safety advice, urging adults to never let children swim unsupervised and to learn CPR while keeping rescue equipment nearby.
The Brown family, which includes Curtis, his wife Kim, and their four older children, is grieving what friends have described as an unimaginable loss. Haze was referred to as the couple's "miracle baby" in a fundraising campaign organized by close family friend Chandler Pearson. The GoFundMe page states the older siblings, son Trey and triplets Cruze, Julie, and Kash, felt another baby was waiting for them before Haze arrived, making...