‘We all lost it’: Kids heartbroken after crash kills Aiken teacher

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A four-car crash took the lifetime of a North Aiken Elementary Faculty trainer on Jan. 8.

Sabrina Molina, 43, leaves behind 4 youngsters. It occurred at Gordon Freeway at Jimmie Dyess Parkway, and we spoke with a pupil in regards to the lack of her favourite trainer.

There’s at all times that one trainer we keep in mind who made a distinction in our lives. For fifth-grader Jorden Harrington, it was her math trainer Molina. With out her, she says North Aiken Elementary won’t ever be the identical.

“I had gotten off the bus, and when one thing dangerous occurs, I get this actually sick feeling in my abdomen,” she stated.

When Harrington bought to class Monday, her trainer wasn’t there.

“We had been doing our morning work when a trainer got here in and advised us that Ms. Molina was in all probability gonna be a bit of bit late, which isn’t actually Ms. Molina,” she stated.

Molina by no means did come by the door. As an alternative, the principal and steerage counselors took her place to inform them she was in a automobile crash and didn’t make it.

“After they stated the phrase automobile accident and that she had handed, all of us misplaced it,” stated Harrington.

Harrington is discovering little reminders of her favourite trainer in every single place.

“She was like a second mother to me and dropping someone that I’m shut with has a big effect, and I don’t know methods to take care of it,” she stated.

Speaking about her helps, in addition to seeing household and pals come along with a GoFundMe account for her household.

“Ms. Molina truly understood us, and he or she truly did her job. How she wasn’t imagined to rush us, she helped others, and he or she revered us although we had been annoying at occasions,” stated Harrington.

Despite the fact that Molina leaves behind youngsters of her personal, a whole lot of others whose lives she touched really feel they’ve additionally misplaced a member of the family.

“It’s taken some time as a result of I’ve by no means actually trusted a trainer. I simply don’t belief lecturers as a lot as trusted Ms. Molina,” she stated.

Harrington tells us she now lives life with a special perspective: one which honors her trainer, the nation she served, and a ardour to be a trainer identical to Molina when she grows up.

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