A New Jersey mother, Sashalynn Rosa, and her one-year-old, Messiah, took their last breaths as carbon monoxide filled their snow and iced packed car in Passaic. The grandfather of the boys, Felix Bonilla, while lamenting their death said:
“It’s hard to lose them like that.”
According to abc7ny.com, the man’s son, Felix Bonilla, Jr. had been digging out the family’s car Saturday night while his girlfriend and their two children sat inside to stay warm. With the car’s engine on, and its tail pipe clogged by snow, the odorless, invisible gas seeped into the car in minutes, killing the mother and her baby boy. The little girl also unconscious, was kept alive by paramedics and a bystander who was not afraid to get involved.
An eyewitness, Isabel Carmona, said:
“I tried to help the girl, and I put my mouth in. Girls and paramedics worked so hard, so hard to save the kid.”
Now, the little girl, Saniyah is in very critical condition at a hospital in Paterson. Her grandfather is hanging on to a thread of hope she may survive. Bonilla said:
“The doctors say they don’t think she’s going to make it. Doctor says she has a slight chance to make it.”
So sad! May their souls RIP.