Parents of boy who drowned in river thank community

TONIGHT THE PARENTS OF CORBIN HAYES - THE 13 YEAR OLD WHO DROWNED IN THE RIO GRANDE -- CAME OUT...  More »

TONIGHT THE PARENTS OF CORBIN HAYES - THE 13 YEAR OLD WHO DROWNED IN THE RIO GRANDE -- CAME OUT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE OVER THE PAST MONTH. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT THE TRAGEDY. THIS WEEKEND A FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON ... AND IT'S JUST THE LATEST WAY RIO RANCHO HAS HONORED CORBIN HAYES. Greg Hayes 7:25 every day's a struggle, and we love our corbin, we're just going day by day now THE HAYES FAMILY HAS BEEN THROUGH THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO A FAMILY .... BUT TONIGHT, THEY WANTED TO TELL PEOPLE THANK YOU. 8:27 I'll say it 100 times, we love you Rio Rancho, we love everything you've done with us .. and we appreciate it CORBIN HAYES WAS SWEPT AWAY WHILE SWIMMING IN THE RIVER IN RIO RANCHO ON MAY 28TH. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS JOINED POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS TO SEARCH FOR HIM. AFTER HIS BODY WAS FOUND FIVE DAYS LATER ... THE COMMUNITY CONTINUED TO RALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE FAMILY. THIS WEEKEND - THE CITY WILL HOST THE CORBIN HAYES MEMORIAL FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT AT RIO RANCHO HIGH SCHOOL. HAYES WAS AN ATHLETE - AND HIS MOTHER SAYS HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HONORED. Kim Hayes 7:35 he was a great athlete, 3 sport athlete, football baseball 7:47 he was amazing, amazing young athlete and person, and our comic relief, just a wonderful, wonderful boy 8:05 it will always be hard, especially May 28th , but an event like this will keep Corbin remembered, and the community as a whole will never forget Corbin THE CITY IS HOPING TO THE MAKE THIS FOURTH OF JULY FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT AN ANNUAL TRADITION IN HAYES' MEMORY. THE MONEY RAISED WILL BE DONATED TO RIO RANCHO SCHOOLS ATHLETIC TEAMS, THE FISHER FOUNDATION WHICH SUPPORTS  « Less