Raleigh 11-year-old dies in bike accident
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>>> LAKE JOHNSON IS A PLACE
FAMILIES GO TO ENJOY A DAY
OUTDOORS.
YOU CAN WALK, HIKE, AND BIKE
THE TRAILS.
FOR ONE FAMILY, AN OUTING HERE
ENDED TRAGICALLY AFTER A BIKING
ACCIDENT.
AND NOW A RALEIGH MOTHER IS
MOURNING THE LOSS OF HER SON.
SHE SHARES HIS STORY AND HOW HE
BECAME A HERO WITH LESLIE
MORENO.
>> Reporter: XAVIEN WAS A
STUDENT AT COMBS ELEMENTARY.
HIS MOTHER SAID HE LOVED
SPENDING TIME HERE AT LAKE
JOHNSON.
>> THEY PUSHED ME OUT OF THE
ROOM, AND I, LIKE KNEW
SOMETHING HAD JUST REALLY GONE
TERRIBLE.
>> Reporter: ON FEBRUARY 8th,
11-YEAR-OLD XAVIEN WAS IN BIKE
ACCIDENT AT LAKE JOHNSON.
>> HE WENT RIDING DOWN A HILL,
AND HE HIT A ROCK OR A BUMP,
AND FLEW OFF FROM IT.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS SAID HE
SUSTAINED A BRAIN INJURY AND
NEED SURGERY.
SURGERY WENT WELL BUT HE WAS
IN THE ICU ON A VENT RATOR.
>> THE INJURIES DIDN'T LOOK BAD
AT ALL.
>> Reporter: EVERYTHING SEEMED
TO BE OKAY.
BUT HIS CONDITION QUICKLY TOOK
A TURN.
HIS BRAIN STARTED TO SWELL AND
HE NEEDED A SECOND SURGERY.
>> THEY TOOK HIM DOWN AND HE
DID SURVIVE THE SURGERY.
BUT HE WAS -- HE WAS GONE AT
THAT POINT.
THEY SAID THAT THEY DID THE MRI
AND SAID IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS
BRAIN DEAD.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS TOLD HE
WOULD NOT MAKE IT.
SHE DECIDED HE WOULD BE A DONOR
AND GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE TO 7
OTHER CHILDREN.
>> I WAS SITTING THERE HOPING
FOR A MIRACLE FOR MY CHILD.
A MIRACLE COULDN'T BE PROVIDED
BY SOMEBODY ELSE'S.
IF I COULD PREVENT ANYONE
SITTING THERE FROM FEELING HOW
I WAS FOR EIGHT DAYS, THEN I
KNOW I CHOSE RIGHT.
>> Reporter: SHE WANTS PEOPLE
TO REMEMBER HIM AS A SUPER
HERO.
IT'S WHAT HE ALWAYS WANTED TO
BE.
>> HE PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY
15TH, AND ON FEBRUARY 17th HE
BECAME A HERO FOR 7 CHILDREN.
7 FAMILIES.
>> Reporter: SHE IS SINGLE
MOTHER CARING FOR FIVE OTHER
CHILDREN.
THE FAMILY SET UP A GOFUNDME TO
HELP WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES.