Name: 'A scream that pierced our soul.' Family heartbroken after 1-year-old drowns on vacation
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Description: A one-year-old girl from Fayetteville drowned while visiting Conway, SC, Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said.

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A one-year-old girl from Fayetteville drowned while visiting Conway, SC, Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said.

>>> EVERYBODY STARTS OPENING UP. IT'S LIKE HE WAS TELLING EVERYBODY TO OPEN YOUR HEARTS AND LET'S DO THIS. >> AT LEAST 750 VEHICLES ALL FOR ONE SPECIAL YOUNG WOMAN WHO DEFIED THE ODDS, OVERCAME COUNTLESS OBSTACLES AND EARNED HER DEGREE. >>> WE BEGIN WITH UNIMAGINABLE GRIEF. THAT'S HOW A FAYETTEVILLE FAMILY DESCRIBES THEIR HEARTACHE AFTER THE DROWNING OF THEIR LITTLE GIRL. I AM GERALD OWENS. >> I AM LENA TILLETT. THE FAMILY'S ONE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER DROWNED WHILE SPENDING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH FAMILY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. >> THE MOTHER SPOKE WITH MARK BOYLE SHARING THE AGONIZING LAST FEW MOMENTS OF HER DAUGHTERS LIFE. >> Reporter: IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY. HEARING FROM THE MOTHER TONIGHT WAS HEARTBREAKING. THE LITTLE GIRL SAID LOVE TO PLAY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS DOING WHEN SHE LOST HER LIFE. >> MY DAUGHTER WAS SO SPECIAL. SHE LOVED MUSIC. SHE LOVED TO DANCE. HER FAVORITE SNACK WAS CHIPS. >> Reporter: BREA JACKSON LIVES IN FAYETTEVILLE AND NOW PLANNING A FUNERAL FOR HER ONE- YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL. SHE SHARED THESE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS WITH WRAL. HER BABY DROWNED WHILE VISITING FRIENDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WEEKEND. >> WHEN WE NOTICED WE DIDN'T SEE HER WE STARTED LOOKING FOR HER. WE WERE LOOKING FOR ROOMS AND OUTSIDE WITH ALL THE OTHER KIDS. WE WALKED UP TO THE PARK AND WHEN I SAY SHE LET OUT A SCREAM THAT PIERCED OUR SOUL, THAT'S HOW WE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS. >> Reporter: THEY THINK GIANNA WALKED OUTSIDE THROUGH AN UNLOCKED DOOR SLIP AND ROLLED DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT INTO THE POND. HER DAD TRIED TO SAVE HER. >> A LITTLE PORTION OF HER DRESS WAS FLOATING IN THE WATER AND HER DADDY RAN IN THE WATER AND TOOK HER OUT AND TRIED TO PERFORM CPR. >> Reporter: THE FAMILY SAYS IT TOOK PARAMEDICS MORE THAN 10 MINUTES TO GET TO THEM AND BY THEN IT WAS TOO LATE. >> 911 COULDN'T TELL US HOW TO PERFORM CPR AND IT TOOK THE AMBULANCE 15 OR 20 MINUTES TO ARRIVE. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY SNATCHED HER UP AND RAN OFF. >> Reporter: DETAILS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT FOR THE FUNERAL. JACKSON SAYS IT'S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY.

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