The father of a 6-year-old girl from New Jersey died from head injuries. a strange accident While using a badminton racket on the last day of a family vacation, he recalled his daughter’s “spirited” personality and reflected on the afternoon when their family changed forever.
Jesse Morgan, whose 6-year-old daughter Lucy died unexpectedly after playing with her siblings, shared memories of her daughter with Fox News Digital.
“She had a very bubbly personality and could be reserved at times,” he said. “Once you got to know her, you found she was very outspoken and a lot of fun. She was a tough kid and played soccer very passionately.”
Lucy Morgan, 6, during the holidays with family in Maine. (via Jesse Morgan, New Creation Living blog)
Jesse remembered looking at photos of Lucy with his daughter and wife, Bethany.
“My wife has commented that her beauty is amazing. Some of those pictures are like that, she’s gorgeous and her personality is incredible,” he said.
Jessie recalled that Lucy was the “main cuddler” in their family of six.
“All I remember is her coming in with her hair up and wanting to sit with you for long periods of time. Not restless, just wanting to lay down and cuddle with you.”
Lucy was vacationing in Maine with her three siblings. Lucy told her parents on the day of the accident that it was “the best week of her life.” (via Jesse Morgan, New Creation Living blog)
Lucy was vacationing with her two brothers and father in Limerick, Maine. Lucy was taken by medical helicopter to a nearby pediatric hospital, then transferred to a hospital in Portland, Maine. (via Jesse Morgan, New Creation Living blog)
Jesse is the pastor at Green Pond Bible Chapel. Rockaway, New Jerseytold Fox News Digital that family vacations were part of his vacation.
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“We were on our first week (of vacation) and according to her, it was the best week of her life,” he said. “We did a lot of fun things.”
Photos shared by the family show Lucy and her three siblings, Silas, Shiloh and Atticus, fishing and kayaking in Limerick, Mainebefore the tragedy occurs.
“According to her, it was the best week of her life.”
Lucy and her mother Bethany and sister. Jesse Morgan said he and his wife were reading and relaxing when the badminton accident happened. (via Jesse Morgan, New Creation Living blog)
The family’s enjoyable vacation came to an abrupt halt on May 30, when the family enjoyed a leisurely lunch.
Jesse said he and his wife reading and relaxing In the backyard, more children were playing badminton when her son came up to her “very worried.”
“We went outside and saw what had happened, it was just indescribable terror that went from being so peaceful to an incredibly traumatic experience,” Jesse said.
Lucy died from her injuries four days later, the family said. (via Jesse Morgan, New Creation Living blog)
Lucy was injured unexpectedly when the shaft of a racket her 10-year-old brother was using broke and struck her in the head.
“A freak accident occurred when the racket broke during the downswing, and the sharp piece penetrated Lucy’s head while she was sitting on the sideline, causing severe injury,” Jessie explained in a series of blog posts on her blog. new creation life“She was still breathing but was unresponsive while I was holding her and Bethany was calling out to God.”
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Lucy was rushed to a local hospital before being taken to hospital in Portland, Maine,
Lucy had a prayer journal in which she wrote and drew. (via Jesse Morgan, New Creation Living blog)
Lucy died four days after the accident.
“After extensive vital signs testing and repeated tests to be certain, brain death was declared at 1:32 a.m. on June 5, and around 4 a.m. his heart stopped beating,” Jesse wrote.
“Lucy was with Jesus.”
The parents hoped that Lucy would “believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus.”
“Lucy was with Jesus.”
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“Four weeks ago he asked Bethany be with god and be saved,” Jesse wrote. “Bethany tried to reason with 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 said she believed in the death and resurrection of Jesus.”
“What a gift this is,” he said.
“God loves me,” Lucy Morgan wrote in her prayer journal. (via Jesse Morgan, New Creation Living blog)
Lucy’s father said her prayer journal also contained pictures of family and the Bible. (via Jesse Morgan, New Creation Living blog)
Jesse wrote that he and his wife were comforted after receiving his prayer journal, saying it felt “like god was writing With him.”
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“How a 6-year-old girl could write a diary like that is beyond me. After that, she stopped writing and would only draw beautiful pictures of Bible stories and hearts.”
