“I remember kissing her and telling her how much I loved her. What did she say? That she loved me so much.” Bengie Lindsey says, while remembering her granddaughter, 10-year-old Aaliyah Boyer.
That was the last conversation Lindsey would ever have with her granddaughter, whom she was raising.
Soon after, the 10-year-old who loved church, her bike and her phone, would go to Elkton, Maryland to visit family for the New Year. But minutes after midnight, the Lindsey’s phone would ring. It was Aaliyah’s mother. “She said something very tragic happened to Aaliyah. Someone shot her in the head.”
When the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve in Elkton, people began shooting into the air. One stray bullet hit her granddaughter in the head, killing her instantly.
“It’s a freak accident. I don’t think this was a freak accident." Lindsey said. "People should not shoot guns anywhere. What goes up comes down. If they never would have been shooting guns up in the air, this never would have happened.”
Aaliyah was on life support for three days. But, she wasn't on life support so she could be saved, but rather so she could save others. “She was an organ donor and she already saved five little kids.”
Including her heart which went to a three-year-old girl.
“I know she’s looking down at me and she’s so happy that she helped someone else because that is just the way she was," Lindsey said.
Tomorrow night from 6:00-8:00 there will be a memorial services for Aaliyah at the square in Manheim. The family is asking any donations to go to their church: Manheim Brethren in Christ.
That was the last conversation Lindsey would ever have with her granddaughter, whom she was raising.
Soon after, the 10-year-old who loved church, her bike and her phone, would go to Elkton, Maryland to visit family for the New Year. But minutes after midnight, the Lindsey’s phone would ring. It was Aaliyah’s mother. “She said something very tragic happened to Aaliyah. Someone shot her in the head.”
When the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve in Elkton, people began shooting into the air. One stray bullet hit her granddaughter in the head, killing her instantly.
“It’s a freak accident. I don’t think this was a freak accident." Lindsey said. "People should not shoot guns anywhere. What goes up comes down. If they never would have been shooting guns up in the air, this never would have happened.”
Aaliyah was on life support for three days. But, she wasn't on life support so she could be saved, but rather so she could save others. “She was an organ donor and she already saved five little kids.”
Including her heart which went to a three-year-old girl.
“I know she’s looking down at me and she’s so happy that she helped someone else because that is just the way she was," Lindsey said.
Tomorrow night from 6:00-8:00 there will be a memorial services for Aaliyah at the square in Manheim. The family is asking any donations to go to their church: Manheim Brethren in Christ.