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Minggu, 26 Agustus 2012

Dylan Cecil's Parents Join Seafront Memorial

A one-minute silence has been held in memory of a four-year-old boy who died after falling into the sea while on holiday with his parents.

Dylan Cecil, from Kettering, wanted to get a closer look at the sea but slipped off the jetty and into the water at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, a week ago.

Members of the community joined the youngster's parents, Rachel McCollum and Darren Cecil, and his two younger sisters on the jetty for a one-minute silence on Sunday morning.

A service will be held for the little boy and those involved in the rescue effort at St Andrew's Church in the town at 6pm.

Bears, flowers and football shirts have been left by well-wishers following the death last Sunday.

The family had been visiting grandparents in the town when the tragedy happened.

An RNLI crew return to shore after searching for missing Dylan Dylan slipped from a jetty after going to get a closer look at the sea

Dylan's parents desperately tried to rescue him, but were unable to reach him and had to be pulled from the water by passers-by.

A rescue attempt was launched immediately involving the Coastguard, lifeboats and police but the search was called off when they failed to recover his body.

A member of the public discovered his body on nearby mudflats four days later.

Reverend Graham Witts said members of the public were invited to attend the evening service, which would pay tribute to Dylan, a Kettering Town FC fan, and his "little life".

The boy's favourite Bruno Mars song, The Lazy Song, will also be played.

A funeral service will be held at a later date in Kettering. An inquest into his death is to be opened in Taunton on Tuesday.