Karsen West, 5, died after being pulled from the Anacostia River on April 17.
WASHINGTON — Gary West is still trying to understand life without his son.
“Looking at myself as like, the protector with nothing to protect. It’s a dark world without my son,” he said.
His 5-year-old son, Karsen drowned in the Anacostia River last week.
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According to West, Karsen was with his mother the night of April 17. He was driving and received a phone call from a social
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