The heartbroken father of the 13-year-old killed within the horrific Miami boat crash Monday revealed the ultimate phrases his “perfect daughter” instructed him earlier than the tragedy.
“I still remember when we dropped her off. She said, ‘See you later, mom and dad!’” Pil Jye Ko instructed Native 10 Information his daughter, Erin Ko Han, mentioned to him and his spouse as they dropped her off for her first day on the Miami Yacht Membership’s crusing camp.
Ko mentioned when he heard in regards to the crash, he hoped it was a “dream.” Nonetheless, when he realized it wasn’t, he prayed for a “miracle.”
“That the hospital would call and say, ‘Your daughter is alive. She’s alright.’ But no, that didn’t happen. No, no, no. It’s not what happened,” Ko mentioned.
The grieving dad and his spouse rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital to be by their teen’s bedside, the place they had been in disbelief over her accidents.
“I can still see it in my mind. She had many wounds to her head, her arms, her legs, everywhere,” he recalled.
The Nautilus Center College star pupil was fluent in English, Spanish, and Korean, and was studying Japanese. She excelled on the volleyball courtroom and liked swimming, Ko mentioned.
“She was the perfect daughter,” Ko mentioned.
Chilean natives, the Ko household relocated to Florida in 2024 for work and to offer a greater life for Erin.
Nonetheless, the heartbroken household is now left looking for “justice” for Erin’s dying.
“We are very much in pain in our hearts because she was all we had,” Ko instructed the outlet. “I need to honor my daughter because I can’t say goodbye as if nothing (happened). I need to know what happened.”
Mila Yankelevich, 7, the granddaughter of an award-winning Argentinian TV producer, Cris Morena, was additionally killed when the barge plowed into their sailboat whereas at summer season camp.
Two different campers, ages 8 and 11, had been critically injured within the wreck. The sailboat’s 19-year-old teacher and a 12-year-old lady had been unharmed.
The US Coast Guard launched an investigation into the lethal crash.
The captain of the barge — who has not been recognized — was given a sobriety take a look at on the scene and has not been arrested.
