Stew Leonard Jr., grocery story chain president and Stewie the Duck Swim School founder, speaks to FOX Business about his family tragedy that pushed him to focus on water safety for kids.
Stew Leonard Jr. is fighting to decrease child drowning incidents decades after the death of his own toddler son.
Leonard Jr., president and CEO of the Stew Leonard’s supermarket chain based in Connecticut and New York, and his wife Kim Leonard lost their young son Stew Leonard III in 1989.
The boy, at just 21 months old, was found face down in a pool with a number of adults present.Â
STEW LEONARD JR. PENS EMOTIONAL OBITUARY FOR DAD WHO FOUNDED WELL-KNOWN GROCERY CHAIN
“We didn’t realize when the springtime comes, and they’re around two years old, they’re like Spiderman. They’re running all over. You can’t keep track of them,” Leonard Jr. told FOX Business in an on-camera interview. (See the…
