BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A memorial service today will honor the life of a teen killed in a jet ski accident.

A community memorial service for Jack O’Neal will be held at Washington High School Auditorium today at 5 p.m.

Jack O’Neal would have turned 14 next week. He was a passenger on the jet ski that was involved in a collision with a boat in Beaufort County last week.

The 13-year-old attended P.S. Jones Middle School, and his obituary says “he lived each day with purpose and compassion.”.

His parents, Stuart and Allison, and sister Riley, released a statement to WITN saying, “We are so grateful for the outpouring of love and support from our friends, family and community. Jack was truly one of a kind, and while it is an immeasurable loss for us and all who knew him, we pra

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