2-Month-Old Baby Dies of Kentucky Tornado Injuries After Being Flung from Bathroom by Winds

When the deadly tornado hit, Oaklynn and her family were hunkering down in a bathroom. Powerful winds pulled the family out of the home and hurled them across the street, WHAS11 reported.

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Opening up further, Douglass toldMSNBChe felt “helpless in protecting my kids against it.”

“It just picked us up and threw us around and landed us on the other side of the neighbor’s house,” he added.

After being thrown from the bathroom and onto the street, Douglas and his family — including his mother-in-law, wife Jackie, 11-year-old son Bentley and 4-year-old son Dallas — were buried in debris, WHAS reported.

The family was treated at a hospital for their injuries, and while Oaklynn had some cuts from the tornado, she appeared to be doing well in her first hospital checkup. Doctors noted she had a normal heart rate and blood pressure, and nothing unusual in her X-ray or CT scan, Douglas told WHAS.

Oaklynn Koon.Facebook

A second test later that day, however, showed Oaklynn’s health had declined. A brain injury, including swelling, had worsened due to internal bleeding. The family took the infant off life support when doctors said she would be brain dead as a result of her injuries.

In a SaturdayFacebookpost, Jackie shared what it was like to be caught in the tornado with her family. She wrote, “Nothing is more scarier than knowing a tornado is heading your way and hearing your kids freaked out and thinking we are going to die,” per ABC affiliateKAKE.

Jackie added, “You really never think you would be the one that goes threw [sic] something like this. Man hold your loved ones tight. I’m surprised we all made it out alive. I never imagined having to go threw [sic] this in life.”

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A friend of the Koon family has set up aGoFundMe pageto help with expenses, which has reached over $88,000, surpassing its $60,000 goal.

More than 80 people have diedin Kentucky following the weekend’s tornadoes, Governor Andy Beshear said Sunday.

“This is the deadliest tornado event we have ever had,” Beshear said on CNN’sState of the Union. “I think it’s going to be the longest and deadliest tornado event in U.S. history.”

source: people.com