“I thought he was dead”: missing after tornado, baby found alive in a tree in the United States

2023-12-19 15:11:20

A miracle baby. As a series of destructive tornadoes hit Tennessee in the United States, a four-month-old baby who was in his bassinet was swept away by one, reports the BBC.

Lord was in a mobile home with his parents and his one-year-old brother, when the roof of the home was torn off by the whirlwind of violent winds and swept away everything in its path, including the baby and his father.

“The tip of the tornado came down and lifted the bassinet my baby was in, Lord. It was the first thing that went away,” Sydney Moore, the 22-year-old mother, told a local news channel.

Aramis, the child’s father, rushed to try to protect Lord by throwing himself on the bassinet to prevent him from flying away but he was also carried away by the tornado. “He clung to the cradle, they turned in circles then were thrown,” describes the young woman.

For her part, Sydney protected her other son by throwing herself at him, before the walls collapsed on them. “I was totally crushed. I couldn’t breathe anymore. »

“It appeared to have been placed delicately on the tree”

Following the passage of the tornado, Sydney Moore was able to extricate herself from the rubble with her son Princeton, then immediately began looking for Lord with her companion in the pouring rain. After several minutes of searching, the couple found their child alive, still in his cradle, in a tree that had crashed.

“I thought he was dead. I was pretty sure he was dead and we weren’t going to find him,” said the mother of the miraculous child. She and her children ultimately escaped with simple cuts and bruises, but her companion Aramis suffered a broken arm and shoulder.

Sydney’s sister Caitlyn opened an online fundraiser in which she explained that when Lord was found, “he appeared to have been gently placed on the tree,” as if “an angel had guided him safely to the tree.” ‘in this location “.

In the description of this prize pool which has already raised more than 104,000 dollars, or 95,000 euros, she indicates, however, that her sister and her husband still have no sign of life from their cat Balue, who disappeared following the passage of the storm.