By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-20 05:42:08 | Updated at 2024-10-20 08:48:10
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A four-year-old girl has tragically lost her life after a what was supposed to be a playful game went horribly wrong.
Mi'layah Marie had been jumping up and down on a bed close to an open window at her apartment in Shoreline, Washington State, when she lost her balance.
The girl's mother Najaha Chancellor explained how she had been watching her four children on her own last Sunday when one of the kids opened her bedroom window.
Mi'layah had been jumping on the bed when she fell into the screen covering the window which then gave way.
Four-year-old Mi'layah Marie died after falling out of a window while jumping on a bed at home
The girl's mother Najaha Chancellor explained how she had been watching her four children on her own last Sunday when one of the kids opened her bedroom window
A Good Samaritan attempted to give the child CPR until first responders arrived, but the little girl was too badly injured and died from her injuries after being taken to hospital.
'I went around the back after I heard someone screaming,' Andre Alexander, a witness told KIRO. 'When I went back there, I seen the young lady, the little girl had fell out the window.
'There's a young man who's a real hero. This young man did over four and a half minutes of CPR by himself,' Alexander added.
The Medical Examiner ruled the girl died from blunt force trauma caused by the fall.
'She has a beautiful soul. And I'm just never, none of us are going to get that back,' mother, Najaha Chancellor said to KIRO.
The accident occurred at this apartment block in Shoreline, Washington State
A Good Samaritan attempted to give the child CPR until first responders arrived, but Mi'layah was too badly injured and died from her injuries after being taken to hospital
'She bumped into it, the screen fell off and she went down,' Chancellor said. 'I completely lost it.
'As a mother, it's your job. It's your job to protect your children at all costs.
'I'm just trying to keep it together as any mother would try to do. I still have three other kids to show I have to be strong for. So crying is going to make kids even more emotional.
'I'm never ever going to get over this because it's different when it's your child that you lose. It's absolutely different.'
Chancellor described her daughter as being particularly outgoing and expressive, not to mention caring.
'She just made everyone happy, it didn't matter who it was. Everyone just loved her, cared about her,' Chancellor said.
Chancellor described her daughter as being particularly outgoing, expressive and caring
The Medical Examiner ruled Mi'layah, 4, died from blunt force trauma caused by the fall
'She adored the simple things in life, like her favorite fruit, bananas, and her love for the water. Swimming was one of her greatest joys; she loved splashing around and enjoying the freedom the water gave her. Mi'layah was smart, playful, and beautiful, and her memory will forever be a part of our family,' her mother wrote in a tribute.
Writing on Facebook, Chanellor shared her grief in an online posting.
'I love you Mi'layah Marie unique hardy you were my world baby girl I'm still so speechless right now I can't find the words to gather and say almost a week of no food barely any rest I wake up the same time everyday and I'm back up the whole entire day. I just wish back in time was a thing,' Chanellor wrote.
The family have set up a GoFundMe to help pay for funeral expenses.
