‘He learned to walk after watching Forrest Gump 400 times:’ Rory Sykes’s mother recounts her son’s miraculous life ‘I couldn’t put out the cinders on his roof with a hose because the water was switched off by Las Virgenes Municipal Water’.
The mother of Rory Sykes, 32, a British-born former child actor who died tragically in the Los Angeles wildfires, has recounted the moment her son “took his first step” after watching Tom Hanks in Forest Gump.
Last Wednesday, three 1 million gallon, high-elevation water tanks that supplied the hard-hit Pacific Palisades ran dry after high demand drained and lowered the pressure within the overall hydrant system – shortages that prompted an independent investigation Friday.
Speaking with Australia’s Channel Nine Sunday, Shelley Sykes said she endured a desperate battle to keep her son alive during his early years as he battled complex needs tied with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy.
“He got the all-clear in his eyes at 8, but he took his first step[s] after watching ‘Forrest Gump’ 400 times”, she said.
