SC community is helping Lionel Cervantes family after tragic loss [Video]

MILITARY TANK. RIGHT NOW I WANT HIS BODY TO REST. THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO FINALLY SEE MY BOY. I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIM SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING, AND I JUST WANT TO LAY HIM TO REST. I WANT TO SEE MY BOY. AND IT’S HARD WAITING, WAITING, WAITING TO SEE MY SON. THE MOTHER OF AN EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY. REMEMBERING HER SON. TONIGHT, DEPUTIES SAY LIONEL CERVANTES RAN FROM A CLASSROOM YESTERDAY AT BELLS CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HIS BODY LATER FOUND IN A NEARBY POND. TODAY, THE CORONER RULING HIS DEATH AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. AND TONIGHT, A VIGIL FOR LIONEL. JUST ONE DAY AFTER THAT FRANTIC SEARCH ENDED IN TRAGEDY. LIONEL’S MOTHER SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH WYFF NEWS FOUR. AHEAD OF THAT VIGIL. NATE STANLEY JOINS US LIVE IN SIMPSONVILLE TONIGHT WITH MORE NATE. THAT VIGIL ENDED HERE AROUND 8 P.M. TONIGHT. BUT FOR HOURS AFTER THE MAJORITY …