Zachary was born with congenital heart defect that was repaired at birth. He was a normal child in every way, he went for his yearly checkups just like other children, he had no physical restrictions like any other normal child, he wasn't on any medications. But, when Zach did go for his exams they never check the back of his heart, they only did a chest x-ray and an echocardiogram that is only able to visualize the front where they never could see that the aorta was beginning to grow too closely to the corornary arteries which closed off the blood supply causing Zachary to have an heart attack and die. Well, now they have decided it will be part of their protocol to check for this in their other patients so that there won't be any other families losing their children to this tragedy. Zachary also donated his corneas to LifeGift so someone now has the gift of vision. His legacy will live on through others as well as all of us. God is Good! 

For an eleven year old boy, Zachary actually lead a very full life. He drove a train all the way from Ronkonkoma Long Island out to Montauk, He ran a front end loader tractor, played sports including his baseball, basketball, soccer and swimming. He also was learning how to build engines, he drove a boat and a jet ski, rode horses at camp one summer, canoed, he did so much in his short life. He flew in planes,raced go carts, he actually had the chance to fall in love. Zach got to experience just about everything most adults have except to get married and have children but, he was a very fortunate little boy because he was very blessed and wholly loved by those that really knew his heart! We will always keep you in our loving and broken hearts.