Biker Dad: Photo of baby with late-father's riding gear is heart-breaking, heart-warming
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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Jun 17 2016 12:42 PM
Marianna, FL (WMC) -
It's been an overwhelming week. The news has been full of tragedy, large and small. But as we've learned from the events in Orlando, beautiful moments emerge from tragedy. Often those moments unite us in ways we would never imagine.
A few hours from Orlando, in the Florida panhandle town of Marianna a family is coping with a tragedy of their own. It's not a story that made national headlines. But the beautiful moment that came in its wake certainly is. A young father killed, his family says by a man he thought was a friend. Hector Ferrer was only 25. He was also a biker.
He died before he even met his newborn daughter, Aubrey. Her mother wanted to capture his love even though he couldn't be there for Aubrey's baby photos. The result: an amazing image. Photographer Kim Stone cradled baby Aubrey in her father's riding gloves, and placed his helmet nearby.
It creates the illusion that her father's spirit is cradling her. The image, which has now been seen around the world, is heart-breaking and at the same time heart-warming.
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