GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — A 9-year-old girl who was pinned under a fallen tree Monday afternoon is dead, according to her mother.
Hear what the girl's mother had to say below:
"It's just so hard on us and her brother doesn't know how to take it quite yet," Jayme Denamur, mother of the late Rose Hendricks, said through tears Tuesday afternoon outside her home. "But, he's upset. This morning he just begged and asked for his sister to come back."
Mike Vanden Avond, a battalion chief with the Green Bay Metro Fire Department said Monday the 9-1-1 call came in around 3:30 p.m. for the girl trapped under the tree on Blithe Street near the corner of Christiana Street.
Vanden Avond said the girl was initially pinned under the tree, but neighbors rescued her using a floor jack.
9-year-old Hendricks died from her injuries at 10:15 p.m. on Monday, her mother confirmed to NBC 26.
Denamur, tells NBC 26 the tree narrowly missed Rose's brother. She says the family is working to put together a potential vigil.
A GoFundMe page was set up to help the family with expenses related to the little girl's death.
