The heartbroken father of a 6-year-old New Jersey girl who died in a freak accident while playing badminton has shared new touching memories of his “bubbly” and strong-willed daughter. “Her personality was very bubbly and also reserved at times,” said Jesse Morgan, a pastor at Green Pond Bible Chapel in Rockaway, NJ, of his tragic daughter Lucy. “Once you got to know her, she was very, very outspoken and a lot of fun.
She was a tough kid and played soccer really hard,” he told Fox News Digital in an interview published Sunday. He recalled Lucy’s penchant for affection, referring to her as the “main cuddler” in the family of six. “I just remember her coming up with her bedhead [hair] and just wanting to sit with you for a long time.
Not restless, just wants to lie with you and snuggle up,” the grieving dad told the outlet. The tragedy happened June 1, the last day of an otherwise picturesque lakeside family vacation in Limerick, Maine. A badminton racquet splintered as little Lucy played with her three siblings in the front yard of the family’s rental cottage, and a metal piece of it pierced the little girl’s skull.
Emergency responders rushed her to a local hospital, which then airlifted the still-breathing but unresponsive child to Maine Medical Center in Portland, according to Maine State Police. She was taken directly into the operating room, where surgeons removed part of her skull to relieve pressure, when Lucy flatlined on the table. Although d.