Inspired by the boy in the photograph
Gabe’s Law could be a testament to a young boy’s too short life
The tousle-haired boy smiles broadly as he poses for a photo. He wears a tee-shirt bearing an iconic image of another son of Liverpool, John Lennon with his partner Yoko Ono. The boy is Gabriel Santer. He was just 15 when he died after falling from a multi-storey car park in Liverpool on 3 October 2020. The death of a child is always devastating. But the knowledge that a death could have been prevented sometimes inspires parents to find ways of ensuring others do not experience the same grief. This was the case with the parents of Stephen Lawrence, murdered by racist thugs, the mother of Ella Kissi-Debrah, a life shortened by poor air quality, and now the father of Gabriel.
