Fitz Thomas

A Virginia community has found a special way to honor a teenager who drowned over the summer. The Loudoun County School Board voted unanimously to rename the Riverside High School stadium after 16-year-old Fitz Thomas. The field will now be called Fitz Alexander Campbell Thomas Memorial Stadium or FACT Field. Thomas’ mother, who fought for changes to the local emergency…

A Virginia community has found a special way to honor a teenager who drowned over the summer.

A Virginia mother grieving the loss of her son is trying to figure out who vandalized and stole two signs honoring him. Fitz Thomas drowned while swimming in the Potomac River earlier this summer. The Loudoun County 911 dispatcher transferred the emergency call for help to Maryland, which delayed help from first responders. His mother, Pastor Michelle Thomas, and the…

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on stolen banners honoring a drowning victim and advocating changes in the 911 dispatch system in Loudoun County.

A Loudoun County, Virginia, pastor whose son drowned earlier this month is demanding answers about the long delay in the emergency response. Fitz Thomas, 16, and his friends were crossing Goose Creek the evening of June 4 when he disappeared underwater. During several 911 calls received by dispatchers in Loudoun and Montgomery counties, Thomas’ friends cried and begged for help…

A Loudoun County pastor whose son drowned earlier this month is demanding answers about a big delay in the emergency response. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey has learned the victim’s family is getting some high-profile legal help.

Fitz Thomas, the son of a prominent pastor in Loudoun County, drowned in Goose Creek earlier this month. Delays in getting first responders to the scene are bringing an immediate change to the county’s emergency response policy. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Residents across Loudoun County, Virginia, are mourning the teenage son of a prominent pastor. Fitz Thomas drowned Thursday evening in the Lansdowne area where Goose Creek flows into the Potomac River. Fitz Thomas and his friends were crossing Goose Creek before 6 p.m. when he disappeared underwater, investigators said. His friends called 911 and began searching for him, but it…

Residents across Loudoun County are mourning the loss of the teenage son of a prominent pastor. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.