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| Death leap pair 'loving parents' | Death leap pair 'loving parents' |
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| Friends have been paying tribute to the love and dedication of a couple who leapt to their deaths carrying their quadriplegic son's body in a rucksack. | Friends have been paying tribute to the love and dedication of a couple who leapt to their deaths carrying their quadriplegic son's body in a rucksack. |
| Sam Puttick, five, died from meningitis at his Wiltshire home four days before his parents Kazumi and Neil Puttick jumped from Beachy Head, East Sussex. | |
| Family friend Hugh Huddy said they had been "amazingly positive" loving parents. | |
| Nearly 500 people have added tributes on a website set up for Sam. | Nearly 500 people have added tributes on a website set up for Sam. |
| Mr Huddy said he had made arrangements to visit them on Saturday but he was told by Mr Puttick to cancel his trip. | Mr Huddy said he had made arrangements to visit them on Saturday but he was told by Mr Puttick to cancel his trip. |
| He told the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 that they were an "amazing family". | |
| 'Complete shock' | 'Complete shock' |
| Everyone who knew them was devastated by the news, but the response to the website had been "incredible", he said. | Everyone who knew them was devastated by the news, but the response to the website had been "incredible", he said. |
| The site, stuff4sam, was set up while Sam was alive to raise money for special equipment for him. | The site, stuff4sam, was set up while Sam was alive to raise money for special equipment for him. |
| Rest in peace little Sam, now your parents have joined you in Heaven stuff4sam website contributor | |
| "They were happy, amazingly positive and most loving parents," he said. "This has come as a complete shock." | "They were happy, amazingly positive and most loving parents," he said. "This has come as a complete shock." |
| One contributor to the website wrote: "So, so sad to see wonderful people go like this. I can't begin to imagine the pain." | |
| Another wrote: "Rest in peace little Sam, now your parents have joined you in heaven." | |
| Mr Puttick, 34, and his 44-year-old wife lived with Sam at Wishing Well Farm in Brokerswood in Westbury. | Mr Puttick, 34, and his 44-year-old wife lived with Sam at Wishing Well Farm in Brokerswood in Westbury. |
| Their son, who was paralysed from the neck down in a car crash in July 2005, had been receiving treatment for pneumococcal meningitis at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. | Their son, who was paralysed from the neck down in a car crash in July 2005, had been receiving treatment for pneumococcal meningitis at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. |
| He was discharged on Friday when it became clear he would not recover and died that day at his home in Westbury, Wiltshire. | He was discharged on Friday when it became clear he would not recover and died that day at his home in Westbury, Wiltshire. |
| Coastguards on routine patrol first spotted what they thought were two bodies 400ft (120m) down the cliff face on Sunday evening. | Coastguards on routine patrol first spotted what they thought were two bodies 400ft (120m) down the cliff face on Sunday evening. |
| Rescuers were not able to get to the bodies until Monday when they discovered Sam in a rucksack with those of his parents. | Rescuers were not able to get to the bodies until Monday when they discovered Sam in a rucksack with those of his parents. |