Very sad.
On Christmas Eve a flight which was on its way from Toronto to London was diverted to Shannon after a little girl on board became unresponsive.
The crew declared a medical emergency and landed in Shannon where a team of paramedics waited. Unfortunately, the 10-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics failed to resuscitate her.
Now, five days on, the little girl’s body is still in Ireland as the family prepare to fly her home for a funeral. They have set up a GoFundMe page in the hopes of raising enough money to give her a proper burial.
On the page they said:
“On Christmas Eve my 3 sisters and I left Toronto to spend Christmas with our extended family in Nigeria. Our mom flew ahead of us. Our beautiful youngest sister Madra (10) was with us.
She took ill on the plane and despite the efforts of some kind medics on board they could not save her. We have been in Ireland since then, waiting to take our dear sister back to Canada.
The Irish police and medical teams and Air Canada have been very helpful in this situation. Our family is a single parent family of 4 children so we do not have the funds to have a proper burial for our beloved Madra. Any help you can give will be deeply appreciated by our family during this time of devastation and grief.
Our lovely Madra suffered with sickle cell anaemia and any additional funds will be donated to the clinic she attended, who were so good to her always.
Madra was the light of our lives, she brought joy and happiness to our household and we will never be the same without her, however we will keep her memory alive. Thank you.”
