'She was a very sweet little girl, so we should never forget'
SEATTLE -- Dozens of friends and family members gathered on Friday to remember Saniah Marcus, the young girl whose life met a sudden end in a heartbreaking tragedy this week.
The 3-year-old girl was playing in her driveway on Monday when her mother's fiance drove over her with the front left wheel of his SUV, according to investigators. He told police he never even saw the girl.
It's a tragedy that touches the very young, and the parent in each of us.
"It's like one day she's here, and now she's not. She was a beautiful little girl," said cousin Arquelle Williams.
To remember the little girl everyone knew, they dressed in shades of purple and lit candles in the evening sky. The flames were in remembrance of a child who brought so much light into so many lives. It is a loss that is tough for even the youngest to comprehend.
"She'd always go to sleep and jump on the trampoline at my house. She loved to do a lot of stuff but now she can't," said one friend.
'She was a very sweet little girl, so we should never forget. Maybe this will raise some awareness of the situation," said Williams.
This year, 34 children had been killed in the U.S. in back-over incidents as of April 6, according to the nonprofit group Kids and Cars.
The 3-year-old girl was playing in her driveway on Monday when her mother's fiance drove over her with the front left wheel of his SUV, according to investigators. He told police he never even saw the girl.
It's a tragedy that touches the very young, and the parent in each of us.
"It's like one day she's here, and now she's not. She was a beautiful little girl," said cousin Arquelle Williams.
To remember the little girl everyone knew, they dressed in shades of purple and lit candles in the evening sky. The flames were in remembrance of a child who brought so much light into so many lives. It is a loss that is tough for even the youngest to comprehend.
"She'd always go to sleep and jump on the trampoline at my house. She loved to do a lot of stuff but now she can't," said one friend.
'She was a very sweet little girl, so we should never forget. Maybe this will raise some awareness of the situation," said Williams.
This year, 34 children had been killed in the U.S. in back-over incidents as of April 6, according to the nonprofit group Kids and Cars.