TJ Mister’s words are immortalized on a bench in his honor outside Bayless Elementary School.
“We do not give up even if we're sad. We do not give up. Never.”
They’ve taken on new meaning for his parents, Olga and Trey Mister, since the 6-year-old drowned at the Kennedy Recreation Center on July 20.
“This is really important for us right now because we're really sad and obviously we're not giving up,” Olga Mister said, as she and her husband huddled together on the memorial bench to talk about their quest to prevent children from dying or being seriously injured at camps.
So far, through records requests, the Misters say St. Louis County leaders failed on multiple levels to keep their son safe that day, including a lack of lifeguards, a 911 call center glitch and an email from a councilman demanding the pool open for the season despite warnings that there weren’t enough lifeguards.
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