Tragedy in the Caribbean (Photo: ShutterStock)
A four-month-old baby fell into the water in the Virgin Islands in the United States - and remained lifeless.
Sarah Pederman, the 13th daughter of Chabad emissaries in the Caribbean, Ania and Rabbi Asher Pederman, drowned on Tuesday evening in the city of St. Thomas. The details of the baby's funeral have not yet been released.
Her mother jumped into the water to try to save the baby - but without success The mother herself drowned, was suffocated and is in critical condition in the emergency room of a hospital in Miami, Florida, with her son and the daughters of the extended family by her side.
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The Federman family with the baby.
Ham Anya, third from the right (photo: official website, Chabad Updates media network)
Last October, a 6-year-old Israeli girl was stung by a cube jellyfish in Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand.
She was taken to the hospital during CPR, and was out of danger.
Last year, a 9-year-old Israeli boy died from a venomous jellyfish sting on the same island in Thailand.
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