IT'S SOMETHING NO PARENT
WANTS TO THINK ABOUT.
LOSING A CHILD.
LAST WEEK THE FAMILY HAD TO SAY
GOODBYE TO THEIR 14-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER.
YOU FEEL EVERYTHING.
SADNESS AND ANGER.
MOSTLY LOVE.
SAWYER WOODS WAS A FRESHMAN
IN ST. PAUL.
SHE WAS AN ATHLETE AN ARTIST
WITH LOTS OF FRIENDS.
IN THIS WEEK'S LIFE STORY
ANGELA DAVIS SHOWS US HOW HER
PROMISING FUTURE SUDDENLY
CHANGED.
SHE WAS SO LOVING.
HER MOTHER REMEMBERS AN
ACTIVE AND HAPPY GIRL WHO TOOK
PRIDE IN HER STRENGTH.
SHE WAS SO PHYSICALLY STRONG.
AND, FROM GYMNASTICS AND SHE
LOVED HEALTHY FOOD.
SHE WAS INTERESTED IN HEALTH.
SHE SAID SAWYER ADORED HER
BROTHER AND LOVED FAMILY
GATHERINGS.
WHEN SHE WAS ALONE SHE WOULD
SIT AND SKETCH.
THIS IS FOR.
--
MANY OF HER DESIGNS ARE
INSPIRED BY PROJECT RUNWAY.
A BUSY GIRL WITH BIG DREAMS WHO
SPENT HER FINAL OUR SHOPPING
WITH HER BEST FRIEND.
MY LAST TEXT EXCHANGE I
ASKED IF SHE WAS HAVING FUN.
SHE SAID YES.
IN 14 YEARS THERE WERE NO
SIGNS.
IT TURNS OUT THAT SHE WAS BORN
WITH A MALFORMED BLOOD VESSEL
THAT AT SOME POINT WAS GOING TO
BURST.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN 5 YEARS AGO
OR 5 YEARS FROM NOW.
AND SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR
A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE HER FRIENDS
RELEASED BALLOONS IN HER
FAVORITE COLOR.
THEY DESCRIBE A FRIEND WHO IS
JOYFUL AND THOUGHTFUL.
HER PARENTS MADE THE DECISION
TO DONATE YOUR ORGANS.
WITHOUT KNOWING -- WE ATE
KNOW HER HEART IS GOING -- WE
KNOW HER HEART GOES TO AN 11-
YEAR-OLD BOY.
LIVER WENT TO A 10-YEAR-OLD
GIRL.
THIS WORLD HAS EXPERIENCED A
SETBACK.
SHE WAS GOING TO AFFECT THE
WORLD.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS TAKING
PLACE TOMORROW AT UNITY CHURCH.
THE FAMILY IS PLANNING TO BUILD
A PLAY AREA IN HER MEMORY AT
THE YMCA CAMP IN WISCONSIN.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
