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38 minutes ago
This early Tuesday morning
In Somewhere, USA.
A 6-year-old girl,
who had escaped a house fire,
ran back inside to find her mother,
not realizing
her Mama had jumped to safety
from a second-floor window,
the police say.
The child, Da-Onah Childers,
never made it back out alive.
Firefighters found her little body
under a bed on the second floor.
Was it her mama’s bed?
The firefighters didn’t know.
Da-Onah and an older cousin, Nesha Boyles
had been asleep on the first floor
after watching scary movies, sharing secrets, eating sweet potato pie.
They awoke to flames about 12:30 a.m.
They ran from the house, said Steelton Police Chief.
Nesha lost her grip on Da-Onah.
She didn't realize the child, her cousin, her friend, her playmate, secret keeper
had run back inside
until it was too late.
A neighbor summoned help.
But the heat and flames were too intense
for police or firefighters to get inside.
The home was destroyed.
Da-Onah's mother, Myiaa Simon, 26, survives,
But wishes
She had died
Instead of her Da-Onah.
Cousin Nesha, grandparents, other cousins, friends
survive too
There are no siblings,
Da-Onah is an only child.
The town has about 5,700 residents.
Now there is one less,
Until another baby is born or
Someone moves in,
But there will never be another
Da-Onah
"This little kid played in the neighborhood.
We waved at her," said the Mayor.
"Everybody knew her.
It's a tragedy."