With AAP.
1. Tennessee mum speaks of losing her twins to a backyard drowning at their babysitter’s home.
A Tennessee mother is grieving the loss of her twin children after they were found unresponsive in their babysitter’s swimming pool last Friday.
It’s understood that 23-month old Elijah and Elyssa Orejuela were found in the deep end of the pool last week. They were rushed to the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital where Elyssa was pronounced dead. Elijah was left in a critical condition and put on life support, before passing on Sunday.
Speaking to the Knoxvill News Sentinel, Amelia Wieand said Elijah’s organs would be harvested for donation.
“After much heartbreak, Elijah has gone to be with his sister Elyssa,” she said.
“I’ll never understand this, and I’m not sure how to live with this pain. But to prevent another family from suffering this immeasurable pain, today Elijah became a superhero.”
Wieand also thanked the public for their support.
Since her twins’ death, two friends of the family started a GoFundMe account to help pay for funeral expenses and medical bills. As of today, the fundraiser has reached $37,600 ($51,000 AUD) of it’s $50,000 ($68,000 AUD) goal.
“I can’t thank you enough for the support we have been given knowing that our babies were loved by so many and touched others’ lives,” she told the publication.
Top Comments
With story 1 - the family must have been desperate for child care, because I am shocked a parent would put their kids into care where the place has a swimming pool.
The concentration of media in Australia is a massive concern, in the age of the information wars, countries or political groups have been given the ability to fire social media shots on anybody's turf internationally via the internet.
This ability hasn't really existed in a significant form in the past and is screwing democratic processes. Fox & The Sinclair Group are very close to being the propaganda department for conservative interests in America. Their size and reach create a massive problem - political will wilts and evaporates in the face of their scorn or simpers when they fling donation money.
Next you know, it's no longer voter/taxpayers interests that are being represented. And this is where we are at, with the LNP throwing $30m to Foxtel, which in my opinion, is a sop to keep Rupert's media assets saying nice things.
And also the reason Mr Turnbull as communications minister stuffed up a perfectly good NBN