A 6-year-old New Jersey girl with special needs died after being fatally choked by a harness that was securing on a school bus. The bus’s monitor has been charged in connection with the girl’s death. WNBC’s Pat Battle reports.
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My heart ♥ felt condolences go out to this young family. May their daughter RIP & Heaven😢.
Wow, My Deepest Condolences to the Family.
Do they have a go fund me
Oh no, she was the key to terra forming mars.
I am so deeply and sincerely sorry for the preventable death of your beautiful little girl.
I am mourning with the family. May she rest in the arms of the Lord ❤
Sad to hear! Employers should BAN air pods. Been in stores/restaurants and workers have in air pods and yoycan’t even get their attention. Prayers for your family!
I am so sorry to hear this. God bless this little girl…
that’s just horrible the new bus driver and the new aid beed to be fired so sorry to hear that and that break my heart
Lord have mercy!!🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️😭😭
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Prayers 🙏 for them.. I am speechless, Father be with those parents.
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As someone with a handicapped sibling, it makes me sick that many people who’s only job is to make sure the child is safe cares so little about that responsibility. When will people finally learn?
Such a loss so early in life, she is a beautiful little angel
This absolutely breaks my heart, fly high little angel 🕊️🕊️
I feel for these parents and I am so angry at the aid and driver this was preventable.
Prayers 🙏🏽 For Strength In The Lord For The Entire Family 💞
Unpopular opinion: As someone who’s disabled, I couldn’t imagine bringing someone into this world that’ll be disabled, needing 24/7/365 care for the rest of their life. I couldn’t imagine bringing someone into this world whom never asked to be here, period. Its selfish and its unbearable for the kid.
This child couldn’t speak because she’s non-verbal. If you work with disabled kids and people that you know can’t talk, why would you plug your ears and be on your phone, DRIVING no less??
The aid needs to be fired for not strapping the girls seatbelt in properly!
Unexpected deaths are one thing.
Unexpected *avoidable* deaths are another.
Somebody need to pay. And somebody need to be incarcerated for negligence. Period!
heartbreaking 😪💔
Lord Jesus
Condolences
😢praying for the family
I don’t think I could recover from something like this.
I truly pray for these parents.
This is beyond anything that someone should go through.
I have a friend that drives bus for special needs for many years and said she has to get on the Aides she had. They just want a check and be on their phone. Not understanding these children need to be watch. I think she should be charged with something.
Tears condolences to the family
My heart goes out to her and her family r.i.p princess 😢😢
This is horrific! My heart breaks for you and your beautiful daughter! I have daughter with Down syndrome, Im so very sorry!
Rest in paradise sweetie! You didn’t deserve to be around someone, so careless. Why were you at the front of the bus and that baby was in the back???
This is so sad😢 poor baby, poor family😢☹️
Prayers for you n your family 🙏🏽
Praying 🙏.this is so sad 😔 they didn’t deserve this and nether did there lil princess 👸. God bless the parents and family at this time. I’m heart ♥ broken.
😢😢😢 I am so sorry for your loss, hon! This is so painful to watch and hear!❤❤❤
Dear God 🙏🏽💜🕊🌿🕯✨
May She Rest in Paradise With Jesus 💖🙏 This is tragic 💔
My heart breaks for them. This never should have happened.
God bless her soul. I pray for the strength of her parents and family.
Ughhh this is sooo so heartbreaking man smh…. I pray that God continues to give them strength at this difficult time.
This is infuriating and why I am afraid to put my son on the bus. In our district we’ve had SEVERAL scandals with kids left on a hot bus
I have a neighbor kid before that has special needs. She’s unable to walk and needs someone to help her around with her wheelchair. I asked her mom if I could be her aid since she was also my playmate. I did everything an aid could and never left her alone unattended. Its like common sense to do that
What a useless adult. You don’t even need training to understand basic common sense to know you don’t leave children particularily a disabled child alone.
I would sue the bus company. Probably a faulty seatbelt.
My heart goes out to her parents!!!
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This hurt directly to the heart
Prayers to the parents 😢
That’s wrong
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Tragic.
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Very sad
Kids are wild ASF. Bus drivers are under paid. Buses are stuffed to the brim. And most buses do not have an assistant. This isn’t on the bus driver. This is on the government giddily cutting back funds. And cutting fiscal specialty programs.
this is not the bus driver fault it completely the aids fault she should’ve been paying attention to the special NEEDS kids that’s her job she signed up for. not doing bs on her phone
Have mercy lord!!! I’m so sorry this happened!! Heart goes out to parents!!! I’m so so sorry 😢
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I am sick for those parents! So when will charges be filed against this “monitor”???
Mom and Dad I Am so sorry for your loss..I’m lifting you up to prayer
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This is truly heartbreaking. God called his angel back he seen her struggling he seen her pain she’s in a place were there is no limit were there is no more pain . Rest in peace . But the person who was supposed to be watch her should be sued.
I’m so sorry.
I’m so sad for this family and little girl. My condolences to these heartbroken parents, I can’t begin to imagine.
That’s God problem
No. This hurts so much as I teacher I have to trust taht when they leave my care before they get home they will be safe. I can’t imagine what this parent this community is going through
Very Sorry. RIH Princess 🦋💖⚘️🍀☯️💫
Bus driver an bus aide should checked bus before leaving school fired with know question
Rest in peace 😭💔
God bless that baby and the family ‼️‼️
I WISH the world didnt make mistakes like this. wthhhhhh😪❤️🩹
Omg…she was such a tiny little thing! She didnt deserve this. 😔
Oh my God. Unbelievably heartbreaking
The parents seemed angry at everybody _else_ including the reporters.
Don’t delegate or outsource your duties as the parents.
You chose the babysitter, you own blame.
I am so sorry!!
That so sad I’m special needs too scared no I love kids 😢😮 😡
She had airpods?! That could’ve been so avoidable. My goodness
She didn’t deserve to suffer like this, it’s so unfair
Oh they made it seem like the driver was at fault originally, her being an aid makes a lot more sense
😢😢😢😢😢 my heart im so so sorry for y’all loss 💔💔💔💔💔
My God this is devastating. My heart goes out to them so bad.
Rest In Peace babygirl, i really hope the family gets justice❤
Jesus will everyone PLEASE BE ATTENTIVE — enough of this!!!
That os so reckless
My heart goes out to this family she fly high 🕊️
to loose your child in someone else care,,, baby itll make u wanna shake the world im sure. smh especially when its not your fault🤦🏾♀️😭😭
🙏💔 R.I.P. sweet baby girl
Oh God..lord please hela their hearts and their sould. ❤❤😢I can only imagine. She can’t even cry. Poor baby sending all the love and healing a heart can send ❤
A lot of deaths happen bc of these phones. I miss the days you weren’t allowed to use phones at work school etc. these phones are dangerous in so many ways. She had no business otp or sitting that far away
She was a beautiful little girl. I once worked at a place where they forgot a little boy strapped in a wheelchair in the back of the van. He was also non verbal. They left him on the van until his parents got there to pick him up. That’s when they realized he was on the van. He survived and was unharmed. The parents didn’t even trip.. forgave the staff and everything. I had just started I quit
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How many more little angels do we have to see die before we wake up and start being responsible human beings, HOW MANY???
This is just heartbreaking!! My condolences to the family, may she rest in peace, poor little angel.
That little girl suffered unnecessary, RIP SWEETHEART 😇😇💞💞🙏🙏
i send my love and condolences and prayers 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💕💕🧡🧡🧡❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🤎🤎💙💙💙🤎🤎😞😞😔😔😔😣😖😖😭😢😩😩😫😫
The aids are trained well but just choose to be neglectful. They think it’s an “easy” job you can BS around about, unfortunately.
That’s hilarious
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What kind of heartless human could be so careless to leave a special aide baby girl like that knowing they need special care like I have a nephew and he doesn’t have special needs or anything but when I watched him I would be with him all the time how much more a child like this. Can’t believe the aide was sitting with there earphones on back towards this child like why take a job like that if you can’t do it I’ll never understand geez I keep a eye on my dog in our apartment and he’s completely fine how much more valuable is a human life I can’t
Omg, that is sad and tragic… Never trust anyone to take care of your child specially those with special needs. Cell phones and earphones should be banned while at work because they can cause distraction. Use only during emergency.
This breaks my heart 😢 may that sweet child rest in peace. My sincerest condolences to mom, dad, and family. May God give you the love strength and peace to carry on. Sincerely David.
So what’s next? They bury their baby now what? The end? This is messed up on all levels. I never understood if you don’t have a passion to sincerely support the disabled, where’s the patience going to come from?
I hope whoever that was supposed to be in case rotten in prison. This baby was innocent and her life ended so soon omg I pray that Jesus will give this family a special healing comfort them in a special way lord🙏💕💕💕💕