Community comes together to help 6-year-old Wellington girl severely injured in crash

Community comes together to help 6-year-old Wellington girl severely injured in crash

Almost two months after a 6-year-old Wellington girl was severely injured in a life-changing car crash the community is continuing to rally around her as she looks ahead to her long road of recovery.

COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO RALLYAROUND HER.

NOW SHE WONTO FACE THE CHALLENGES AHEADALONE.

WPTV NEWS CHANNEL FIVESSABIRAH RAYFORD INTRODUCES YOUTO HER NEW PARTNER THAT'SHELPING HER ALONG THE ROAD TORECOVERY AND INSPIRING SOUTHFLORIDA.<< PKG: FROM STRANGERSWAS A NO BRAINE” TONEIGHBORS,“LOCALS HELPING,LOCALS” OUTSIDE OF THE PALMBEACH CHILDRENIS A COMMUNITY COMINGTOGETHER.“I THOUGHT I KNEWWHAT LOVE WASREALLY KNOW UNTIL AFTER WE GOTIN THAT ACCIDENT” FOR TANYAMEADE, JUNE 6TH STARTED AS ADAY OF FAMILY FUN, SHE AND HERBROTHER KENNY WERE TAKING HEGRANDDAUGHTER, MEMPHIS TO GOBOWLING.

AS THEY WERE HEADINGEAST ON LAKE WORTH RD, SHESAYS ANOTHER DRIVER HEADINGWEST CROSSED THE MEDIAN.“ANDSTRUCK OUR CAR AND THEN WEWERE STRUCK AGAIN FROM BEHIND,IT WAS HORRIFIC” TANYA WASLEFT WITH A SHATTERED KNEECAP.

SHE SAYS HER BROTHERKENNY WHO HAD HEALTH PROBLEMSPASSED AWAY FROM HIS INJURIESAND 6-YEAR-OLD MEMPHIS, WASLEFT WITH A PUNCTURED LUNG,BROKEN NECK AND A CRUSHEDSPINAL CORD.

TO MAKE MATTERSWORSE TANYA SAYS SHE HASNBEEN ABLE TO SEE HERGRANDDAUGHTER WHILE SHETHE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF THECOVID-19 PANDEMIC.“THERE ARESOME NIGHTS WHEN YOU JUST PULLUP A PICTURE OF HER AND YOU GOTO SLEEP HUGGING THE PHONE”NOW MEMPHIS IS STABLE AND ASSHE HEADS TOWARDS THE NEXTSTEPS IN RECOVERY THE’CHASINGA DREAM FOUNDATIO” AND“LEEDSENDOWMEN” PARTNERED WITHFURRY FRIENDS TO MAKE SURE SHEWOULD HAVE A PARTNER BY HERSIDE.“THE DAY THAT JULIET WASPUT ON THE AIRPLANE TO COME TOFURY FRIENDS WAS THE SAME DAYOF HER ACCIDENT” JULIET, ANENGLISH CREAM GOLDEN RETRIEVERIS TRAINED TO HELP MEMPHISPICK UP ITEMS, TURN ON AND OFFLIGHT SWITCHES AND MOTIVATEHER THROUGH HER RECOVERY.

ITWAS AN INSTANT CONNECTION.(NAT LAUGHING) AND THEN ONEMORE SURPRISELONG AWAITED REUNION WITH HERGRANDMOTHER.“ITSPECIAL”“SHE IS HEALING ME”REPORTING IN WEST PALM BEACH,SABIRAH RAYFORD, WPTV NEWSCHANNEL.