TUCSON, Ariz.(KGUN) — As she put up a poster of people who were lost to fentanyl, Kira Moore-Rendon’s gaze was on the picture of her son Jacob Rendon. He was just one in a sea of people’s pictures who died due to fentanyl.
“He was his happiest when he was in nature,” Moore-Rendon commented and she took down small pieces of his memorabilia.
Putting down some antlers and feathers on a table, she remembered back to Jacob’s hiking and hunting trips.
He was only 24 years old when he died from a fentanyl overdose in 2021. His family tried reviving him with NARCAN, the opioid-reversing medicine, but after several tries, they couldn’t.
First responders told Moore-Rendon and her family that there was nothing they could do to bring Jacob back.
“It was devastating. Children are just beautiful gifts we’re given, beautiful gifts.” Moore-Rendon said. “They’re our responsibility…and when you lose …