It was a heart-breaking homecoming no mother should ever
endure. Hundreds of mourners bowed their heads in respect as heartbroken mother
Louise James carried the coffins of her partner, two sons, mother and sister
into their home after the family drowned in a tragic accident on an Irish pier.
Sean McGrotty, his sons Mark, 12, and Evan, eight, his
mother-in-law Ruth Daniels and his sister-in-law Jodie-Lee died when their car
apparently slipped on algae and plunged into Buncrana harbour in County
Donegal, north-west Ireland.
Escorted by police to the entrance of the street in Derry
city, the five hearses slowly edged their way in, followed by another car
carrying heartbroken Ms James and her brothers.
The only sound to be heard was the purr of the hearses’
engines. Ms James and her brothers got out of their car and as she went into
her house, they each opened up the back doors of the five hearses.
Louise James, left, carries the coffin of her eight-year-old
son Evan, who died alongside his father and brother in a tragic accident
Mourners lowered their heads as Louise James carried the
coffin of her 12-year-old son Mark into the family home this afternoon
Ms James and her brother, Josh, carry the coffin of their
mother, Ruth Daniels, into the family home in Derry, Northern Ireland
Loved ones waited outside the property to show their support
as Ms James and her brother, Josh, carried the coffin of their sister Jodie Lee
inside
Having lost five members of her family, ‘she was just so
generous and grateful that her baby was saved. She knew that her husband Seán
had broken the window to pass the baby girl out and that a man [Davitt Walsh]
had saved baby Rionaghac-Ann.’
Evan and Mark with their baby sister Rionaghac-Ann, who
survived thanks to the actions of a heroic bystander
Jodie-Lee Daniels, left, and her mother Ruth Daniels, right,
drowned when their car slipped off a pier last night
Sean McGrotty and his eight-year-old son Evan, pictured,
both died in the tragic accident
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