'I couldn't ask for a better son.' The family of 18-year-old Zaire Fairley-Jackson says he recently graduated from high school and was the captain of the basketball team.
Fairley-Jackson's family spoke out about the tragedy saying he was an athlete and knew how to swim.Fairley-Jackson had just graduated from Jesse Bethel High School in Vallejo where he was captain of his basketball team and went to prom.The 18-year-old went up to Lake Berryessa Sunday with three of his teammates.
"I think they were just having a good time out there, turning 18, trying to live their life. Having fun. And Zaire fell and slipped into the water," said the teen's stepmom Melissa Jackson. Where it happened is called Smittle Creek, a day-use area along the shores of Lake Berryessa, where Fairley-Jackson is believed to have fallen off a log he was walking on.
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