Posted on 09/20/2004 12:03:44 PM PDT by patton
CLEVELAND, Ga. — With water around his waist, one hand anchored to a tree branch and the other keeping his teenage daughter's head above the swelling drainage ditch, Rhys Terrill knew that a precious link was missing from their tenuous human chain.
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OMG...how tragic...my heart aches for the loss of a young one..
Heartbreaking.
Sophie's choice redux.
RIP little one.
I wish I would stop reading these articles.
And may we all learn from this (if we don't know already):
FLASH FLOODS KILL!!!!
DON'T play in drainage ditches, catch ponds, etc. And particularly, don't do it when a well documented, characterised, predicted, measured, bent, folded, spindled and mutilated Tropical Storm that you've been watching for days on TV is finally approaching you.
Prayers for the Terrell family of GA.
Beyond words...
this is sad I had already read it ... I saw a lady in Russia crying and telling her story on Fox the other night, and she really did have a Sophies choice.. she walked out with her littest one, but had to leave her 8 year old inside, and the little girl cried and begged her not to leave her, and was killed later....She is so overwhelmed with grief and the thought of her childs last words to her, she cant go on she says now... THAT is heartbreaking...
Sadly, and with a heavy heart, prayers are on their way. I cannpt imagine being in that situation, or what choice I would make. I pray for the Terrell's and the loss of their child.
Oh man...
That's just brutal!
I didn't need to read that. I've got a knot in my throat.
That is so sad. Prayers for Laura and her dad. Cheyenne, rest in peace.
I am at a loss for words myself.
That's a tragedy. nothing more to say except that I hope that family heals in time.
how heartbreaking.
I can't imagine the degree of pain they must be feeling. Heartfelt prayers for all of them.
i know, the loss of a child is more than any parent should have to bear, let alone to have to let one go in order to save another.
That's so sad!! My prayers are with this grief stricken family!
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