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New Jersey girl, 6, dies in tragic badminton accident 4 weeks after asking ‘how to be with God and be saved'
A 6-year-old New Jersey girl died from head trauma caused by a freak accident involving a badminton racket on the final day of a family vacation with her parents and three siblings.
Lucy Morgan and her family were enjoying their time in Limerick, Maine before tragedy struck on their last full day there, according to the girl’s father, Jesse Morgan, a pastor at Green Pond Bible Chapel in Rockaway, New Jersey.
“We had an amazing lake cottage in Maine and were simply enjoying life together on our last full day here. We were eating a quick lunch by the lake and the kids decided to try badminton in the front yard,” Jesse wrote on his blog, New Creation Living.
“Bethany and I were relaxing in the back when we heard screaming,” he said.
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Lucy Morgan, 6, during the family’s vacation in Maine. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
Lucy was unexpectedly struck when the shaft of the racket, which was being used by her 10-year-old brother, broke apart and flew into her skull.
“Due to a freak accident with a racquet that broke on a downward swing, a sharp piece had entered Lucy’s skull while she was sitting on the sideline and caused catastrophic injury,” Jesse wrote. “She was still breathing but unresponsive as I held her with Bethany crying out to God.”
Lucy was taken to a nearby pediatric hospital and later transferred to a hospital in Portland, Maine. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
Lucy was taken to a local hospital before being moved to a hospital in Portland, Maine.
Her father documented the hardships as the family cried out to God for a miracle for their young daughter’s life.
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On the second day of Lucy’s stay at the hospital, Jesse and his wife, Bethany, shared the severity of Lucy’s life with her three siblings.
“We broke the news as gently as we could, but that is a conversation you never want to have with a 4-year-old, 8-year-old, and 10-year-old,” he wrote.
Lucy’s brothers stand beside her while she remained in the pediatric intensive care unit until her death on June 5. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
While doctors evaluated and reevaluated Lucy’s health, her three siblings showed their compassion by gently holding their sister’s hand, kissing her and creating artwork in her honor.
“From Shiloh’s creativity and sweet care, to Silas’ kisses and hugs, they each are being taught to understand their limits and to make a choice to grieve as they can,” Jesse wrote. “Whether that’s coming right up to her bedside to hold her hand or talk to her, or waiting while they craft something before entering slowly, it’s all welcome.”
Four days later, Lucy died due to her injuries, the family said. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
Four days after the accident, Lucy succumbed to her injury.
“After significant thorough testing and even more repeated tests to be certain, brain death was declared at 1:32 a.m. on June 5, and her heart stopped beating around 4 a.m.,” Jesse wrote.
Lucy was with Jesus.
“Lucy was with Jesus,” he said.
Lucy had a prayer journal that she wrote and drew in. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
Lucy Morgan wrote in her prayer journal, writing, “God and Lucy.” (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
The parents held onto the hope that Lucy “believed in Jesus’ death and resurrection.”
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“Four weeks ago she asked Bethany how to be with God and be saved,” Jesse wrote. “Bethany explained it to her and offered to pray with her, but ‘Miss Independent’ wanted to do it herself. She went to her room and prayed to God to forgive her and that she believed in Jesus’ death and resurrection.”
“What a gift,” he said.
Lucy’s prayer journal also contained drawings of the family and the Bible, her father said. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living Blog)
Jesse wrote that he and his wife were comforted after finding her “prayer journal,” saying that it felt “as if God was writing with her.”
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“It’s almost as if God was writing with her, drawing her to himself,” Jesse wrote. “How a six-year-old journals like this is beyond me. After that, she seemed to get writer’s block and just draw beautiful pictures of Bible stories and hearts.”
“Bless you on your journey,” Jesse concluded the blog posts. “He will hold you fast.”
Several days of scorching temperatures are suspected to have caused at least 19 deaths in New Jersey as a heat dome that had settled above parts of the central and eastern US gives way to severe storms that have knocked out power to close to 1 million homes and businesses. New Jersey officials said they began seeing what they believe are heat-related deaths as early as Thursday, the AP reports, with most occurring in the central and northern parts of the state. “Unfortunately, many of these individuals were found in homes without air conditioning,” state Health Commissioner Raynard Washington told reporters Saturday. “A few were outside their residences, some on the street and some even in parked cars.”
The ongoing weather is “the hottest stretch we’ve seen in over 14 years,” New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said. “The heat’s hitting all of us, not just seniors, not just with underlying health conditions, people of all ages.” On Thursday, LaGuardia Airport in New York set a record high of 104 degrees Fahrenheit, topping the previous record of 101 set in 1966, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Prediction Center. Trenton, New Jersey, reached 101, which broke the record of 100 set in 1901. Newark’s high Thursday was 105.
Even as the heat moved east, lowering temperatures a bit, severe storms blew in with heavy winds that toppled utility poles and split trees, causing their boles and branches to fall onto power lines. About 900,000 utility customers in parts of the central, eastern, and southern US were without electricity early Sunday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.com. More than 223,000 customers in Michigan and close to 170,000 in Pennsylvania had lost power. PPL Electric reported 121,417 without power Sunday morning, including about 47,000 in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area.
JCP&L is offering water and ice to those without electric service (see the list of stores here: http://spr.ly/6012RTAJa).
“More than 1,700 workers are engaged in storm response efforts, and additional line, transmission and forestry crews have been requested,” the company said. “Our teams will continue working 24/7 throughout the holiday weekend to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.”
JCP&L also encouraged its customers to text REG to 544487 to receive text updates.
PSE&G was estimating restoration by Monday evening for its 28,000 customers without power and said its crews “are working safely and as quickly as possible to restore power following severe storms and extreme heat. Visit our Outage Center to report an outage, track restoration progress, and learn how to stay safe. For cooling center information, click here.”
Much of New Jersey remains under a heat advisory for Sunday, with the heat index expected to reach nearly 100 degrees again after three days of heat indexes over 110 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
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