A two-month-old girl has become one of the youngest victims of the Kentucky tornadoes after succumbing to her injuries.
Oaklynn Koon succumbed to her injuries Monday morning, her heartbroken parents, Douglas and Jackie, revealed in a“At least I know who will be watching over you up there for me. My dad,” Douglas wrote in a post showing his daughter’s tiny hand in his. “God this doesn’t seem real.”
At least 74 people are dead and more than 100 still missing in Kentucky after tornadoes ravaged the area, a shaken Beshear said Monday.Oaklynn had spent two days in the hospital after the tornado tore through her hometown of Dawson Springs late Friday. The family was sent “flying” from the force of the tornado and ended up at a neighbour’s home, her parents said.
Two-month-old Oaklynn Koon succumbed to her injuries on December 13, 2021, after she had what doctors think was a stroke. Picture: Douglas N Jackie Koon/Facebook.Chris Smiley, the mayor of Dawson Springs, estimated on Sunday that 75 per cent of their small town was wiped out by the tornado.At least 14 are dead and more than 100 people are still missing in Dawson Springs alone, according to officials.
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