"His wife was with us and she was crying, and at first I thought it was because this was her jewelry money, but she was crying because she was so happy, " Macdonald says.

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In this position the girl rocked slightly and once put her face in her hands, but she was not crying.

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After surveying the disaster she saw her daughter was safe, but hysterically crying.

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She was relieved that Tyler began crying -- silence would have been a more ominous sign -- but she knew she had to get her son to an emergency room.

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