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(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) LuLu Badger stretches as she holds a balloon that will be released in memory of Ashley Maynard at the Vernal Cemetery in Vernal, Utah, Saturday, October 27, 2012. Ashley, 12, died in 2010 after darting in front of a car on her way to catch a school bus. Ashley's family donated her organs. and her liver saved the LuLu's life.
A child is killed, a child is saved: three years later
By HEATHER MAY| The Salt Lake Tribune
Vernal » On an Indian summer evening, two families gather with balloons and stories for a reunion.
Children run and roam in the grass under the wide blue sky. But when two of them venture near an empty street, Lizzie Badger snaps to attention and calls out to Jonas and LuLu, insisting they not go near it on their own.
No cars are in sight.
Lizzie knows she is paranoid when it comes to cars, but she also has a good reason: the girl with long brown locks, grinning from the large picture on display, forever age 12.
Ashley Maynard died three years ago this month, darting in front of a car on her way to school in Vernal.
Her tragic death saved LuLu’s life. The scar that today spans the 4-year-old’s belly shows where she was transplanted with Ashley’s liver.
The girls’ families first met on a cold day in January 2010, over Ashley’s white casket decorated with horses. While they remained in touch through texts, phone calls and Lizzie’s blog about LuLu, they haven’t seen each other in two years.
By HEATHER MAY| The Salt Lake Tribune
Children run and roam in the grass under the wide blue sky. But when two of them venture near an empty street, Lizzie Badger snaps to attention and calls out to Jonas and LuLu, insisting they not go near it on their own.
No cars are in sight.
Lizzie knows she is paranoid when it comes to cars, but she also has a good reason: the girl with long brown locks, grinning from the large picture on display, forever age 12.
Ashley Maynard died three years ago this month, darting in front of a car on her way to school in Vernal.
Her tragic death saved LuLu’s life. The scar that today spans the 4-year-old’s belly shows where she was transplanted with Ashley’s liver.
The girls’ families first met on a cold day in January 2010, over Ashley’s white casket decorated with horses. While they remained in touch through texts, phone calls and Lizzie’s blog about LuLu, they haven’t seen each other in two years.
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