Taken from the Journal Courier
Alisa, Elma, Alma, Selmir and Samantha Besic
Of Bowling Green
Of the 15 confirmed deaths in Bowling Green, five belong to the Besic family.
"We were a family of 21, now it's 16," Selveta Besic said Tuesday afternoon.
Alisa Besic — Selveta's sister-in-law and a mother of three — died due to the storm, as did Alisa's 7-year-old daughter Elma and baby girl Alma. She left behind a 2-year-old boy.
Selmir, 6, and Samantha, not yet a year old, also died in the storm.
Another four members of the Besic family are suffering from life-threatening injuries and being treated at Nashville, Tennessee hospitals, including Selveta's two brothers, who each lost two children, and their younger 25-year-old sister, who is likely paralyzed.
"We were just shocked," Besic said. "One minute you're alive and just playing with them and then the next 15 minutes they are gone."
- Krista Johnson
Alisa, Elma, Alma, Selmir and Samantha Besic
Of Bowling Green
Of the 15 confirmed deaths in Bowling Green, five belong to the Besic family.
"We were a family of 21, now it's 16," Selveta Besic said Tuesday afternoon.
Alisa Besic — Selveta's sister-in-law and a mother of three — died due to the storm, as did Alisa's 7-year-old daughter Elma and baby girl Alma. She left behind a 2-year-old boy.
Selmir, 6, and Samantha, not yet a year old, also died in the storm.
Another four members of the Besic family are suffering from life-threatening injuries and being treated at Nashville, Tennessee hospitals, including Selveta's two brothers, who each lost two children, and their younger 25-year-old sister, who is likely paralyzed.
"We were just shocked," Besic said. "One minute you're alive and just playing with them and then the next 15 minutes they are gone."
- Krista Johnson
Taken from the Journal Courier
Alisa, Elma, Alma, Selmir and Samantha Besic
Of Bowling Green
Of the 15 confirmed deaths in Bowling Green, five belong to the Besic family.
"We were a family of 21, now it's 16," Selveta Besic said Tuesday afternoon.
Alisa Besic — Selveta's sister-in-law and a mother of three — died due to the storm, as did Alisa's 7-year-old daughter Elma and baby girl Alma. She left behind a 2-year-old boy.
Selmir, 6, and Samantha, not yet a year old, also died in the storm.
Another four members of the Besic family are suffering from life-threatening injuries and being treated at Nashville, Tennessee hospitals, including Selveta's two brothers, who each lost two children, and their younger 25-year-old sister, who is likely paralyzed.
"We were just shocked," Besic said. "One minute you're alive and just playing with them and then the next 15 minutes they are gone."
- Krista Johnson
Alisa, Elma, Alma, Selmir and Samantha Besic
Of Bowling Green
Of the 15 confirmed deaths in Bowling Green, five belong to the Besic family.
"We were a family of 21, now it's 16," Selveta Besic said Tuesday afternoon.
Alisa Besic — Selveta's sister-in-law and a mother of three — died due to the storm, as did Alisa's 7-year-old daughter Elma and baby girl Alma. She left behind a 2-year-old boy.
Selmir, 6, and Samantha, not yet a year old, also died in the storm.
Another four members of the Besic family are suffering from life-threatening injuries and being treated at Nashville, Tennessee hospitals, including Selveta's two brothers, who each lost two children, and their younger 25-year-old sister, who is likely paralyzed.
"We were just shocked," Besic said. "One minute you're alive and just playing with them and then the next 15 minutes they are gone."
- Krista Johnson
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