In his short life so far, 17 year old Kyron Green has had enough nights in the headlines - and it's been all bad news. He was the 11 year old who was on an errand to the corner store in 2019, when he was hit by a gunman's stray bullet that left him paralyzed. Fast forward 6 years later and Kyron is a high school graduate, and one whose passion is caring for horses. But, he doesn't live on a farm; he lives at the far end of Neal Pen Road extension where there are no power lines, and residents have to make unauthorized connections. Yesterday, Kyron's horse was electrocuted when that power came into contact with a zinc fence.
Well, that streak of bad news ends tonight - we finally have some good news to report about this young man. After we ran the story last night, a viewer who was moved by his story quickly managed to get Kyron a new horse and deliver it today. Jomarie Lanza was there when it arrived and we captured that story.
It was never just a hobby for him, horse rearing was this 17 year old's livelihood. And for Kyron Green crippled by a gunman's stray bullet in 2019, it gave him a sense of purpose to wake up and see his horse, AK Lucky Star everyday.
And that's why Kyron broke down yesterday after his horse was fatally electrocuted right outside his home:
Kyron Green, Horse Owner
"Yesterday I even cried I had to cry because it was something I liked, and to see him on the ground dead like I just couldn't imagine he was gone. I was heartbroken."
"In a way It hurt me because that horse was a horse that I liked, I really liked that horse. That horse came to me as my birthday gift, so I did all kinds of things to take care of him, even when my mom would give me money it goes right on the horse even if I had things to buy for myself, I still would spend it on the horse because it's something I like, its something I like doing."
And thanks to an anonymous donor and the Boys Country Club, Kyron's hope and passion was rekindled once again when this trailer pulled up outside his home this afternoon with a fine and fit four year old gelding quarterhorse:
Kyron Green, Horse Owner
"I know I was going to get back one because my mom told me she would get me back one, but i didn't know it would be this quick like he just died yesterday and now today I have a next one. I thank God because without God this would have never happened. And I thank the boys club for reaching out to me and offering me the horse and I just hope everything goes good."
"So I wanted to thank the boys club for offering me this horse. I know I will do everything I can to take care of it because I can't walk but I have my friends around me and thing to come help me, clean out the stable and stuff so I just want to thank the boys club."
They officially handed over the reins to Kyron's new horse this afternoon - it's going to be called Lightning. It's a major upgrade for the 15 year old - unlike his last horse, this one comes complete with a saddle. And today that meant that with the help of his family he could actually ride the horse.
For the Boys Country Club it's just one more good deed for young boys like Kyron who share a passion for horses
Derrick Roberts, Boys Country Club
"Our goal in life is to take young men that have been unfortunate that don't really have it all together at home and our goal is to try to teach them how to become responsible and teach them how to become productive members of society. The way how we do that is by like you see we have a horse right here, we have many horses at our house the part of how we teach that is we teach them responsibility because a horse always needs grass you have to cut, feed you have to do, clean stables we try to keep them off the streets a give them a positive avenue in life."
Roberts says he was very moved by Kyron's story and encourages him to continue to keep his hope alive no matter what circumstances may come.
Derrick Roberts, Boys Country Club
"I just want to encourage him that where there is breath there is hope and even like what he said and the mom is saying altogether too that God is still providing a way for him and still opening up a way for him you know there is, all the way that I was coming here today the thing that kept coming to my mind was hope. That everyone in this life needs a reason to go on you understand so when he gets up in the morning, let's say he wanted to accomplish high school, he already did that but let's say he wants to accomplish something else, people don't understand that having a reason, like this horse right here might give him hope, might give him a reason to say I'm going to do it I'm going to be strong. And in those days he felt like giving up. He has hope that he can do this and we can do this together."
Kyron Green, Horse Owner
"I always used to tell my mom we will turn this yard into a farm we always wanted to turn this yard into a farm but since we are in the city and we don't have a nice piece of land we can't really do it but I did what I can do in the yard, so I got my chickens, a horse, a dog and I was getting more animals but since I got my horse back I don't feel as bad as yesterday."
A statement from BEL says the company sympathizes with the family...Investigations confirm that the incident resulted from an unauthorized electrical connection that made contact with a zinc fence...Unauthorized connections create serious safety risks for the entire community. We encourage Customers to engage with us through proper channels to explore safe and legal options." end quote.
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