Parents Speak out After 11-Year-Old Boy Dies From Smell of Cooking Fish

Cameron Jean-Pierre, 11, died after his fish allergy was triggered by the smell of fish cooking in New York City on Jan. 1, 2019. Camron Jean-Pierre/GoFundMe

The parents of a New Jersey boy who died of an apparent allergic reaction after inhaling fumes from a cooking fish, have spoken out about the New Year’s Day tragedy.

“Terrible thing,” said the boy’s father, Steven Jean-Pierre, according to ABC7. “For me, my son was a leader, ambitious...My son was loved by everybody. Anytime somebody came across my son, they loved him.”