Four-year-old Hattie Collins died last week when a powerful tornado touched down in Tennessee
She was one of five children younger than 13 who died in Putnam County. Her father, Matt Collins, is now sharing on Facebook the heartbreaking details of the night he lost his daughter."Hattie loves to be held," his post begins. Like many young children, Hattie would wind up sleeping in her parents' bed. That night was just like the others, he said. Hattie was asleep between him and his wife, Macy, and then the tornado warning alerts started sounding from the phone.
He said his neighbors filled them in on what happened, saying they found the family still holding on to each other."Macy was holding Lainey. I was holding Hattie. We had never let go."All four of them were injured. Collins praises the neighbors who jumped into action to help them. He says they took the girls from their arms and continued to hold them. One of the neighbors was able to get their vehicle free and drove the girls to get help as they waited on the ambulance.
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