Wednesday, 10 August 2011 08:08

AUDIO Johnson Family's BMX Family Getting Grief Counseling

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Friends and classmates of some of those killed in Copley Township on Sunday have had grief counseling to deal with the losses.

Another group of friends and young people will get help coping with the deaths.

The Johnson family ran a BMX bike racing team. Long-time neighbor Carrie Silket says those in that community will have a chance to get help today.

"Down at the Akron Derby Downs BMX, Victims Assistance will have grief counselors for all the kids," Silket says, "and we have pastors on hand to be there for all the children."

 


 

The counselors will be there from 5 to 6:30 PM.

Silket says she's lived next to the Johnsons all her life. She says the entire Johnson family was into BMX racing...along with her own family.

"Mike has an Ohio state team called 'Bike Authority' race team, and that team's from the whole state of Ohio," Silket says, "And then we all also race the national circuit, and we've been everywhere together this year."

Silket says a Johnson Family Memorial Wall established Sunday on Facebook quickly drew over 300 visitors in just the first few hours.

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