Members of the “Remember Me” Foundation brought the idea to life after she lost her son. Her events use the striking visual of 21 life-size motorcycle silhouettes. “It shows who was underneath the helmet,” Abrams says, as each motorcycle bears the name of an accident victim. Abrams notes that motorcycle fatalities have decreased in New Jersey since she started the foundation. “I know we are making a difference,” she says.
Christmas that year, Jason and Mary Kay bought skateboards for Tyler and for Mary Kay’s daughter. “We got them at Classic,” Mary Kay says, meaning Classic Skate Shop on Broadway at 35th Street. “Tyler just kept with skating,” she says. “It was
his life. We have videos of him skating with ice on the ground. It could be freezing out, and they would still skate.” Jason says that Tyler and his friends traveled all over to visit skate parks. There was a skate park here in
Skateboard Memories Tyler Sellers was crossing Route 440 at 32nd Street with his friend Sabore Worrell in November 2015 when they were both killed by a motorist speeding at 106 miles per hour. His family wants people to remember him for the person he was. “He was just happy, very happy,” his father, Jason Sellers, says. “He finally graduated and had his first job.” “He was a free spirit, and his passion was skateboarding,” says his stepmother, Mary Kay Master Sellers. “I took custody of Tyler when he was 10 years old,” Jason recalls. For Bayonne - Life on the Peninsula ~ Winter 2017 •
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