An 8-year-old girl has died after falling two stories from a Carnival cruise ship docked at the PortMiami seaport Saturday, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department.
NEWS: 8-Year-Old Girl Dies After Falling from 2-Story Carnival Cruise Ship in Miami
The girl fell from a balcony to the ship’s lower deck around 8:15 a.m., police said, according to NBC Miami.
The girl was taken to the Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in “extremely critical condition,” where she later succumbed to her injuries, NBC reports.
Miami Fire Rescue captain Ignatius Carroll told the Miami Herald that Miami-Dade rescue workers attempted to perform CPR on the child.
“The ship’s medical team responded immediately and the child was transported to the ship’s medical center,” Carnival Cruise Line said in a statement. “She was subsequently transferred via ambulance to a local hospital. The ship’s command immediately contacted Miami-Dade Police Department which is on site.
“Our most heartfelt care and concern is with the family at this very difficult time,”
the cruise line added.
This article originally appeared on Time.com
A California nanny is still recovering after getting hit by an oncoming car that was headed towards a 2-year-old boy.
NEWS: California Nanny Injured After Saving 2-Year-Old Boy From Oncoming Car: ‘We Are Forever Grateful,’ Says Family
On March 28, Caroline Maurer was taking Fox — a 2-year-old boy she had nannied for since he was 4 weeks old — on a walk in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, according to KTLA. When they were just a block from the child’s house, a car ran a four-way stop sign, barreling towards Fox.
“It was going to be him hit since he was kind of more in front of me. So, as the car turned in – I was screaming, ‘Stop! Stop!’ – and pushed him as hard as I could to get him out of the way,” Maurer said in a video shared on a YouCaring page created by the boy’s parents this week to help raise money for their nanny’s recovery.
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“The car came and crushed my hands, the front bumper – and I was thrown a few feet, I don’t know,” Maurer continued, adding that the most heartbreaking part of the incident was that because of her injured hands, she wasn’t able to rescue Fox from his stroller.
Fortunately, her sacrifice kept Fox out of harm’s way. The toddler “miraculously escaped with only minor scrapes and bruises. One of the paramedics on the scene told me that Caroline had saved Fox’s life,” Courtney Davis and Bill Wolkoff — Fox’s parents — wrote on the YouCaring page.
“Caroline is a true hero, and we are forever grateful to her for saving our son’s life,” they said.
Maurer fractured the bones in her hands, wrists and arms during the incident and although she had multiple surgeries in late March, the doctors have said she may never regain full strength in her hands. She also struggles with dizziness and doctors are currently trying to figure out if she sustained any head trauma that might have been initially overlooked.
Since her injury, Maurer — who’s also a student — has been both unable to work and has had to put her studies on hold while she continues her recovery process. So far, the family has raised $23,462 of their $50,000 goal.
“As a mom, you give your kid to somebody else … your hope and your dream is that they’re going to treat your kid like their own,” Davis told KTLA. “I’m just so grateful to her.”
“I think my first reaction was: She’s family for the rest of our lives,” Wolkoff added. “Because of Caroline, the worst didn’t happen. She saved his life.”
A 7th-grade boy is in the ICU after being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, just six months after he donated his hair to benefit children with cancer.
Viral: 12-Year-Old Boy Who Donated His Hair to Kids with Cancer Is Diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 6 Months Later
Torrin Breneman, 12, spent three years growing out his locks after learning about cancer in his fourth-grade class. In March, after enduring bullying and being called a girl by strangers, he donated his long hair to Wigs for Kids—a charity that provides no-cost wigs to children going through cancer therapy or other medical issues.
But at the end of September, just six months after his donation, doctors discovered Torrin had developed stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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“He has a tumor next to his heart, which doctors say is inoperable, and he has one on each lung, his liver, his kidney, his stomach and it’s in his blood and bones,” Torrin’s father, Jason Breneman, 38, of Hazel Park, Michigan. “He’s on so many IV drips and so many medications. He can’t even lay down straight because of the tumor in his stomach.”
Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a rare cancer that affects the body’s lymphatic system and inhibits the body’s ability to ward off infections. The American Cancer Society says about 10- to 15-percent of cases involve children and teenagers, and in 2017, there have been more than 8,000 news cases of the disease and more than 1,000 deaths.
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Jason and his wife, Carrie Breneman, 36, left their full-time jobs after Torrin’s diagnosis, and have spent much of their waking hours at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit to be by their son’s side.
“He’s going to need longterm care,” Jason says through tears. “I can measure my sleep in seconds, not minutes. Carrie is absolutely amazing and she has been able to stay strong. I can’t handle it, I’ve been torn up.”
The family has not been short on emotional blows. After Torrin’s diagnosis, members in their Hazel Park community brought over gifts to cheer up Torrin and his 7-year-old sister, Julissa, but burglars stole them from the family’s home while they were at the hospital. Fortunately, after a story aired on local television, the gifts were returned the next day.
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For Torrin, being away from his sister while in the ICU has been especially hard—Julissa has only been allowed to see him a few times since he’s been admitted.
“They constantly want to be with each other,” Jason says. “They have never spent more than a few hours away from each other, it’s tearing them apart. It’s hard for her.”
One thing that kept Torrin happy was the chance he might be able to go to a WWE event in Detroit on October 8, thanks to Rainbow Connection, a local charity that helps young cancer patients. The organization was able to secure tickets and doctors initially told Torrin he would be able to go, but they reversed their decision a day before the event. The news crushed Torrin, who is a huge wrestling fan.
“Not only is his health down, but now his spirits are down too, and he’s depressed,” Jason says.
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Right now, one of the primary issues doctors are facing is finding a way to keep Torrin’s temperature stabilized, since it fluctuates between being high and low from day-to-day. But a recent CAT scan showed the cancer is responding to chemotherapy treatment, and doctors remain optimistic, Jason adds.
The family has set up a GoFundMe page that has raised just over $9,000 as of October 9. Through it all, Torrin’s parents are inspired by the way their Detroit community has banded together for the family—from putting on garage sales and fundraisers—even though many of its members may have limited resources.
“Now that we’re not able to work, the neighborhood is taking care of us,” Jason says. “Everyone from the community is raising money they don’t have, everyone is coming together.”