A 9-year-old boy with ties to Dearborn was killed in a sledding incident. Around the world, people are rallying around his family -- including in Dearborn. And it’s not because he’s my son,” Ian Tlais’ father Al Tlais said. “He’s sliding on, you know, it’s a small hill and there’s pretty much the only tree there,” Al Tlais said. So God offered help,” Al Tlais said.