The father of a 6-year-old New Jersey girl who died from head trauma after a strange accident involving a badminton racket on the last day of a family vacation recalled her daughter's “fun” personality and the afternoon her family changed forever.
Jesse Morgan, whose 6-year-old daughter Lucy died unexpectedly after playing with her siblings, shared memories about his daughter with Fox News Digital.
“His personality was very happy and also reserved at times,” he said. “Once you got to know her, she was very, very outspoken and very funny. She was a tough kid and played soccer very hard.”
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Lucy Morgan, 6, during family vacation in Maine. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living blog)
Jesse remembered seeing pictures of Lucy with her daughter and his wife, Bethany.
“My wife just made the comment that her beauty is disturbing. Some of those photos are just, she's so beautiful and her personality is so incredible,” he said.
Jesse recalled that Lucy was the “main pamper” of their family of six.
“I just remember that she invented her headboard [hair] and I just want to sit with you for a long time. “He's not restless, he just wants to lie down with you and cuddle.”
Lucy with her three brothers while on vacation in Maine. Lucy told her parents that the day of the accident was “the best week of her life.” (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living blog)
Lucy with her two brothers and her father while on vacation in Limerick, Maine. Lucy was flown by medical helicopter to a nearby children's hospital before being transferred to a hospital in Portland, Maine. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living blog)
Jesse, pastor of Green Pond Bible Chapel in Rockaway, New Jersey, told Fox News Digital that the family's vacation was part of their gap year.
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“We were in our first week [of sabbatical] And it was, according to her, the best week of her life,” she said. “We did a lot of fun things.”
Photos shared by the family showed Lucy and her three siblings, Silas, Shiloh and Atticus, fishing and kayaking in Limerick, Maine, before tragedy struck.
“It was, according to her, the best week of her life.”
Lucy and her mother, Bethany, and her sister. Jesse Morgan said he and his wife were reading and relaxing when the badminton accident occurred. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living blog)
The family's idyllic vacation ended suddenly on May 30, after the family enjoyed a leisurely lunch.
Jesse said he and his wife were reading and relaxing in the backyard, and the children were playing badminton, when his son approached them “very concerned.”
“We came out and saw what had happened, which was just an indescribable terror that went from being so quiet, so peaceful to an incredibly traumatic experience,” Jesse said.
Four days later, Lucy died from her injuries, the family said. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living blog)
Lucy received an unexpected blow when the handle of the racket her 10-year-old brother was using broke and flew into her skull.
“Due to a freak accident with a racket breaking on a downward swing, a sharp piece entered Lucy's skull while she was sitting on the bench and caused a catastrophic injury,” Jesse explained in a series of posts on his blog. . Life of the New Creation. “She was still breathing but unresponsive as she held her with Bethany crying out to God.”
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Lucy was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to a hospital. in portland, maine.
Lucy had a prayer journal that she wrote and drew. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living blog)
Four days after the accident, Lucy succumbed to her injury.
“After extensive and even more repeated testing to be sure, he was declared brain dead at 1:32 a.m. on June 5 and his heart stopped beating around 4 a.m.,” Jesse wrote.
“Lucia was with Jesus.”
The parents clung to the hope that Lucy would “believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus.”
“Lucia was with Jesus.”
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“Four weeks ago she asked Bethany how to be with God and be saved,” Jesse wrote. “Bethany explained it to her and offered to pray with her, but 'Miss Independent' wanted to do it herself. She went to her room and prayed to God to forgive her and believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus.”
“What a gift,” he said.
Lucy Morgan wrote in her prayer journal that “God loves me.” (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living blog)
Lucy's prayer journal also contained drawings of the family and the Bible, her father said. (Jesse Morgan via New Creation Living blog)
Jesse wrote that he and his wife felt comforted after finding her prayer journal and said it felt “like God was writing with her.”
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“I don't understand how a 6-year-old girl writes diaries like this. After that, she seemed to suffer from writing block and just made beautiful drawings of Bible stories and hearts.”
