This is fifteen month old Angel "Baby Angel" Babcock who was taken by helicopter to Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky., Saturday and placed in critical condition after having been found next to the dead bodies of her parents and two siblings in a field near their Indiana home.
Yesterday afternoon she was taken off life support and as her grandmother, Kathy Babcock sang "itsy-bitsy spider", that angel took her last breath.
"We were all around the bed, I had my hand on the side of her, and I reached for her hand, and was holding her hand," Babcock said. "I don't know what made me let go but she put her arms straight up, she was daddy's little girl. So daddy picked her up and took her. The whole room seen that. He was just like, standing in front of her. She wanted to go with daddy." ~ Source
This is but one of thousands of sad sad stories from families who were in the path of destruction from these storms in the midwest and south. And now matters have gotten worse for some as snowfall has complicated the efforts of families to put their lives back on track.
Below are ways to help.
FEMA Blog
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NOVAD) -- NOVAD Facebook Page
Text "REDCROSS" to 90999 from your cell phone for a $10 donation to the American Red Cross which will be added to you next cell phone bill
Text "STORM" to 80888 from your cell phone for a $10 donation to The Salvation Army that will be added to your next cell phone bill (you will need to answer "yes" when prompted)
Find Your Local Red Cross Here
Feeding America Foodbank Locator
Salvation Army Locator
American Red Cross Phone: 800-733-2767
Feeding America Phone: 800-771-2303
Salvation Army Phone: 800-725-2769
American Red Cross
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, D.C. 20013
The Salvation Army Disaster Relief
P.O. Box 100339
Atlanta, Ga. 30384-0339
Red Cross Safe and Well Registration Page
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Keep good thoughts and prayers for them all please