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1 week old baby dies from tornado

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Baby Blake has earned his wings. He put up a good fight after suffering severe head trauma but passed away today. At only 6 days old, baby Blake, his mother Marisa Reber and father Will Maguire were enjoying finally being home with their newborn baby when a tornado suddenly struck their mobile home in Watford City North Dakota directly. Marisa held him tight all through the tornado as their home was tossed and destroyed. Blake was then life flighted to the hospital where they found he was suffering from severe head trauma. We are very thankful thay their young son Tristan was having a sleepover that night and was in a safe area. It is incredibly heartbreaking and unbelievable. Will and Marisa worked hard to get into this home before he came into this world and had moved into this home only weeks before. They both worked hard full time  and even overtime up until right before the delivery. They are a kind, fun, hard working family that never fail to make the people around them smile and amazing friends. Their kindness and positivity is infectious and I'd love to see that come back to them. I would like to see this campaign raise as much as possible to replace everything in their home, deductibles on the damage to their vehicles, cover any additional medical expenses not covered by the insurance for both the delivery of Baby Blake and emergency services provided at the time of the disaster. I would like to see that they able to live comfortably without concern in their time of grieving.  I apologize for the delay on the update but I wanted to ensure that all of the family was informed prior to posting this. Thank you all for your kindness and donations. Please help make this viral and continue to bless this beautiful family in their time of loss.  Marisa and Will are both dear friends of mine and I greatly appreciate everyone helping them get through this time of tradgedy.  The funds have been set up to only be withdrawn and directly deposited in Will and Marisa's account. 


This beautiful family, finally home with their 1 week old son just had their home, which they just moved into this last month, severely damaged by a tornado. They both work so hard and continued to every day up until their new beautiful baby boy was born on July 3rd. I don't have exact information regarding the damages as it just happened a few hours ago but I know it's not looking good and they are going to need all of the help they can get so please if you can donate or atleast share it would make a huge difference for them and their children. I will update as soon as I am given more information.
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  • James Arneson
    • $25
    • 6 yrs
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Sheila Anderson
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Watford City, ND
Marisa Reber
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