Photo from vonAppen family
Shannon Smith heads down Kauai's Slippery Slide. Cody vonAppen,
a look of joy on his face, sits on Shannon's lap. Looking on
is another UH football player, Chris Shinnick.

Shannon Smith died making sure Cody vonAppen was safe. Across the nation, people want to know more about the UH football player and hero. The survivors from the outing will share their story on television. Story and funeral details in our [Sports] section online.

Smith’s brother, Chris, would have been the pilot of the plane that crashed at Mokuleia yesterday, had it not been for the drowning of his brother on Kauai. The story in our [News] section, online.