Dad’s heartbreaking web plea spurs strangersAssociated Press
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
This undated photo provided by Nathen and Emily Steffel shows their infant daughter, Sophia. Days after Sophia died in a Cincinnati hospital on Thursday, July 10, 2014 from complications from a tumor in her liver, Nathen Steffel asked users on the Reddit website if someone could alter this hospital photo. “Since she was in the hospital her whole life we never were able to get a photo without all her tubes,†he wrote. So far, they have received thousands of messages expressing support and hundreds of photos. AP
TOLEDO, Ohio — Just days after his infant daughter’s death, Nathen Steffel asked strangers on the Internet for only one thing: He and his wife wanted a photo of their daughter without the breathing tubes and tape that masked her little face.
The response has been overwhelming.
Hundreds of photos, sketches and paintings have poured into the family’s northwestern Ohio home and their inbox.
“I’m getting messages in languages from all over the world,†Steffel said Wednesday. “It’s more than I can count.â€
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