A six-year-old girl who was killed in a freak accident involving a badminton racket asked her mother an eerie question in the weeks before she died.
As previously reported, Lucy Morgan tragically died on Wednesday, four days after the incident.
"We were eating a quick lunch by the lake, and the kids decided to try badminton in the front yard. Bethany and I were relaxing in the back when we heard screaming," recounted Jesse Morgan, Lucy's father and a pastor at Green Pond Bible Chapel in Rockaway, New Jersey, in his Calamity Strikes blog post.
"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," he added.
It was confirmed by Maine State Police that the injury was unintentional, after Lucy's 10-year-old brother swung the racket, and the aluminium shaft detached from its wooden handle and struck Lucy in the head.
Lucy was breathing but unresponsive when emergency services arrived and was rushed to a local hospital before being airlifted to Maine Medical Center in Portland.
She was rushed straight into the theater where part of her skull was removed to relieve the pressure but Lucy flatlined during the procedure.
Doctors managed to revive her but found that Lucy had lost all brain function and was no longer able to breathe independently.
Her family has revealed that just weeks before her death Lucy had asked her mother a poignant question, which has brought them some peace amid the tragedy.
Her father, Jesse, revealed in an obituary, that Lucy had asked her mother Bethany "how to be with God and be saved” two weeks before they left on the family vacation on which she died.
The obituary, shared with the New York Post, read: "Bethany explained it to her, offering to pray together, but in her characteristic independence, Lucy wanted to do it herself.
"She went to her room and prayed to God . . . She later journaled about it, expressing her love for God in words and pictures."
The family had been on vacation together in Limerick, Maine, when the tragic freak accident occurred on June 1.
Her obituary revealed that the little girl loved Chick-fil-A, drawing, dancing, soccer, attending church, and spending time with her family, adding: "Lucy’s loving spirit touched the hearts of all who knew her.
"Though her time on Earth was short, her impact has been profound as her story has circulated. She will be deeply missed and forever remembered by her family and friends."
Her father also revealed that her brother Silas, 10, had taken her death particularly hard, revealing in his blog that he'd asked: "How we could ever be happy again?"
“We just sat on the front steps for a while crying until I finally mustered up the courage to open the door. We again collapsed in a pile on the kitchen floor crying harder as a family than we ever have,” he wrote.
Lucy's funeral will be held on June 15 at Green Pond Bible Chapel in Rockaway Township, and a GoFundMe for the family has so far raised over $128,000.
