A Pennsylvania group has rallied in help for a younger household whose two-year-old son, Benny, handed away out of the blue.
The Delco neighborhood in Broomall has been lit up in blue gentle for a number of days as properties and companies have gone “Blue for Benny” to mourn the Petransky household’s loss. Even Lincoln Monetary Area shall be draped in blue later this week to honor the little boy, FOX 29 Philadelphia reported.
“We don’t need any of this,” the boy’s father, Eric Petransky, instructed FOX 29’s Chris O’Connell. “We don’t want any of this. I simply need my buddy again.”
Tragedy struck the Petransky household final Wednesday, when their little boy got here down with a fever. By the subsequent morning, Benny had stopped respiratory.
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“I didn’t even contact my espresso. It was and seven:15 a.m. I heard her scream my identify and I knew instantly it was one thing dangerous,” Eric instructed FOX 29.
The distraught mother and father referred to as paramedics, however there was nothing that could possibly be carried out. Benny had died within the house on Thursday.
An official reason for loss of life stays unknown. In keeping with FOX 29, medical doctors speculate that Benny fell sufferer to some form of virus, however it will likely be weeks earlier than the Petransky household has solutions.
“There was not an indication there was something improper with this lovely child. This child was dancing within the bathe simply the night time earlier than along with his daddy,” mentioned the daddy.
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Benny is survived by his mom and father, in addition to their oldest son, five-year-old Ari.
“I’ve to be robust for Ari as a result of he retains saying, ‘Wipe your tears, Mommy. It’s going to be OK,’” mother Natalie Petransky instructed FOX 29. “I simply don’t need him to assume I’m not robust for him.”
Relations, mates, neighbors and companies have since come collectively to help the Petranskys after their horrible loss.
The group put up blue lights to go Blue for Benny, and a Meal Practice web page has been arrange by Eric’s colleagues within the actual property enterprise, FOX 29 reported.
As of time of publication, the donation web page has raised greater than $120,000 for the household.
Nicole Gallo, a household buddy, instructed FOX 29 the message the group needs the Petransky’s to obtain is “you aren’t alone.”
“You aren’t by your self. All of us really feel your grief. We simply wish to honor this child,” Gallo mentioned.
Funeral providers for Benny shall be held on Wednesday. On Monday, Eric and Natalie obtained matching tattoos to honor their son.
“I don’t know what subsequent week will deliver. I do not know what subsequent month or subsequent yr will maintain, ten years, 20 years, however it is going to by no means go away,” Natalie instructed FOX 29.
Editor’s notice: This story has been corrected to make clear that Broomall is in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, not the state of Delaware.
