Rodeo star's son remembered by family on 1-year anniversary of drowning death

One twelvemonth aft saddle bronc champion Spencer Wright’s 3-year-old lad tragically drowned successful a Utah river, his parent reflected connected the last moments they spent holding him.

"A twelvemonth ago, today, we held you arsenic you took your past breaths," Kallie Wright wrote connected Monday, June 2, successful a post connected Instagram alongside a photograph of her and her hubby with their young son, Levi, successful his infirmary bed.

The kid was removed from beingness enactment past year, astir 2 weeks aft helium drove his artifact tractor into the h2o portion playing astatine his location successful May 2024.

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Levi Wright is pictured near with his father, saddle bronc riding champion Spencer Wright. (Kallie Wright/Facebook)

Kallie shared that they held their lad arsenic helium took his "last breaths." 

"They said it could instrumentality a time oregon 2. I was truthful frightened I wouldn't beryllium holding you erstwhile you near and that was truthful important to me," she wrote. "You stayed with america [for] 17 minutes. As you left, an overwhelming feeling came implicit maine [and] I knew we had done close by you."

"For me, this isn't the time you afloat near us, but the time it became official," she said. "Levi, we speech astir and deliberation of you everyday. We unrecorded for you! Our emotion for you is stronger than ever."

The three-year-old's parent dialed 911 connected May 21 erstwhile she saw Levi's artifact tractor overturned by the stream with nary show of the boy. (Kallie Wright/Facebook)

The household remained hopeful astir their son's plight implicit a week pursuing the accident, penning connected societal media that they purpose to wean the lad disconnected his breathing tube. However, connected June 2, 2024, Kallie announced that "after respective sleepless nights, tons of research, aggregate conversations with the world's champion neurologists & millions of prayers," the household knew it was "time."

"Levi showed america conscionable capable to bargain america clip for each of this," she wrote. "We prayed those things were him defying likelihood & proving to america that helium wanted to enactment present but we spot present helium wanted to springiness america clip to find bid with letting him go."

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Three-year-old Levi is pictured with his mother. (Kallie Wright/Facebook)

The mishap came aft the young lad fell disconnected his artifact tractor and into a stream connected the family's spot successful Utah. The toddler was airlifted to Beaver Valley Hospital aft the mishap successful Beaver Creek connected May 21, Fox News Digital antecedently reported. 

He remained successful captious information determination until the household made the determination to instrumentality the lad off beingness support.

Wright's parent wrote soon aft his hospitalization that their household "feared [Levi's] psyche is nary longer with us." Since that post, the lad has made immoderate strides that bespeak helium could recover. (Kallie Wright/Facebook)

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Following his death, the household launched The Levi Wright Foundation, "where we anticipation to assistance families that look akin unimaginable situations successful his memory," according to the organization's Facebook page.

The Levi Wright Memorial Barrel Race is the group's next organized event. 

Spencer Wright competes connected the Saddle Bronc Riding BP Super Series I, Round 2 during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, successful Houston. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

The toddler's begetter is ranked No. 40 successful the satellite successful saddle bronc riding. His grandfather, Bill Wright, is successful the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Spencer and his 3 brothers made past successful 2014 erstwhile each 4 qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He yet won the championship.

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The household was the taxable of the publication "The Last Cowboys" and has been featured connected an occurrence of "60 Minutes." 

Fox News Digital's Christina Coulter contributed to this report.