'OITNB' Creator Jenji Kohan Remembers Son After Fatal New Year's Eve Skiing Accident
"Orange Is The New Black" creator Jenji Kohan and her family are speaking out for the first time after the tragic death of her son, Charlie Noxon.
The 20-year-old passed away after striking a sign while skiing in Park City, Utah on New Year's Eve, local authorities told Variety.
Noxon was on an intermediate trail near Canyons Village at the Park City Mountain Resort at the time of the crash. He hit a sign while attempting to negotiate a turn at a fork in the trail, Lt. Andrew Wright of the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said.
He was alone at the time because his family was ahead of him on the ski run, according to TMZ. No one witnessed the crash but he was reportedly wearing a helmet.
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The Family's Statement
Kohen and Charlie's father, Christopher Noxon released a statement via the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.
"Our hearts are shattered. Our dear boy Charlie Noxon died on New Year’s Eve on a ski slope in Park City.
The cliches about moments like this are true, it turns out. The one about life forever changing in a split second, about the fact that we are all bound up in a web of love and loss, about the primacy of community in times of unfathomable tragedy.
Charlie was 20 years old and a junior at Columbia. He studied philosophy and economics and Chinese. He loved Bob Dylan, George Saunders and Hayou Miyazaki. He was questioning, irreverent, curious and kind.
There are no words. But words are what we’ve got right now, along with tears and hugs and massive quantities of baked goods and deli platters.
He was absolutely adored by his parents, Jenji Kohan and Christopher Noxon, and his siblings, Eliza and Oscar.
Charlie had a beautiful life of study and argument and travel and food and razzing and adventure and sweetness and most of all love. We cannot conceive of life without him.
Services will be held this Sunday Jan 5 with his rabbi Rabbi Sharon Brous in the community he called home, Temple Israel of Hollywood.
– Christopher Noxon & Jenji Kohan”
The Los Angeles native was on the trip with his siblings and father. He was airlifted to a local hospital but he ultimately was pronounced dead by Airmeds.
The mountain resort that Charlie and his family were visiting extended their deepest condolences.
“Park City Mountain, Park City Mountain Ski Patrol and the entire Vail Resorts family extend our deepest sympathy and support to our guest’s family and friends,” Park City Mountain vice president and chief operating officer Mike Goar said.
RIP
