Family grieves loss of 9-year-old who died in Tacony Creek: ‘I just want him back’ [Video]

FRANKFORD – A family is heartbroken after the sudden loss of their 9-year-old son, who was pulled from the Tacony Creek and died last Sunday.

His mother and stepfather shared their grief as they try to make sense of the tragedy.

“Everybody knew Ernest. Ernest was the life of everything,” Jessie Moie said.

Ernest was beloved in his neighborhood and he was known to chat up local business owners and run up and down the streets, making new friends.

Moie continued, “It’s been hard. He used to wait for me to get off of work to come home. Me and him was real close. Real close.”

Moie says he had a big personality. He loved superheroes and loved his friends at the John Marshall School.

Saturday, the community gathered to honor the boy, his mother suffering the unimaginable pain of losing a child.

“He was a bright, beautiful young man,” his mom, …