An Illinois mother is grieving the loss of her three toddlers in a Sunday house fire, officials said.
Josephine Beauchane lost her 2-year-old twins, Kayden and Jayden, and 1-year-old Xander after a fire broke out in the basement of their grandmother’s home.
The grandmother tried to save the three siblings to no avail. Firefighters found the boys trapped inside the burning structure, which was fully engulfed in flames.
“She tried so hard to save those kids. She kept running into the house, trying to find those children. She could not find them. The smoke was too strong,” a relative said.
Xander and Jayden died early Sunday, while Kayden succumbed later that day while in his mother’s arms.
“I felt his heart stop. I watched as he took his last breath, and had to sit there and listen as the doctors told me they wouldn’t be able to save him anymore,” Beauchane recalled.
“They were crying for mama and trying to find out where mama was, and mana was racing over here to find out if they were OK.”
“These were my kids, my life, my story, and now they’re gone.”
