Can we pray for these children please!?

[FrazzledFraggle]

I know that God does not care what a situation looks like, anything is possible. I just want to lift these children and families up in prayer. Thank you!

http://news.yahoo.com/nc-crews-recover-2-children-under-dirt-095549331.html


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DENVER, N.C. (AP) — Authorities continued searching early Monday for the bodies of two children who were trapped when dirt fell on them while playing in a hole at a home construction site near Charlotte.

A father of one of the children called 911 Sunday afternoon, according to Lincoln County Emergency Management officials. The Charlotte Observer reported that Jordan Caldwell told operators he saw the dirt collapse on the 6-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy.

Officials say crews were on the scene within minutes but couldn't get to the children, who were trapped about 20 feet below a new home that was under construction. Neighbors told the newspaper a man building the home had been digging with a backhoe earlier in the day.

Neighbors also told WBTV-TV the children were cousins.

Authorities said late Sunday they didn't expect to find the children alive, but crews used shovels and climbing gear throughout the night trying to get to the children at the Denver neighborhood.

This is "devastating for both the family members and responders who are on the scene," Emergency Services public information officer Dion Burleson said. "This is a tragic night in Denver."

 

[MrsHaseeb]

I am praying for the children now.

 

[sweetvi]

Praying...updates??

 

[mscocoface]

Incredibly tragic. Keep us updated.

 

[Laela]

My prayers are with the families as they mourn the loss, esp the father, who witnessed the accident. My heart goes out to him!

 

[FrazzledFraggle]

Let's continue to lift their families up in prayer.

Update as of 3:21 EST.

DENVER, NC -- Rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of two young cousins buried when a wall of dirt fell on them while they were playing in a hole at a home construction site in North Carolina.

The bodies of 6-year-old Chloe Jade Arwood and 7-year-old James Levi Caldwell were pulled from a 24-foot-deep pit in the town of Stanley, outside of Charlotte.

"We've been working a horrific scene here," Lincoln County Emergency Services spokesman Dion Burleson told reporters gathered near the rural site on a two-lane road dotted with modular and mobile homes.

Crews had been searching for the children since Sunday afternoon, when the girl's father Jordan Arwood called 911 to report the collapse. Officials were on the scene within minutes but couldn't get to the children.

The father had been digging with a backhoe on the site earlier in the day, Sheriff David Carpenter said. He would not say what was being built or if Arwood was doing it alone or had professional help. He did say authorities didn't know of any permits that had been issued for the work or plans detailing the project.

Burleson described the pit as 20 feet by 20 feet with a sloped entrance leading down to the 24-foot bottom. The children were at the bottom of the pit retrieving a child-sized pickaxe when the walls fell in on them, Carpenter said.

He said his deputies would continue to investigate what happened.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Carpenter later said deputies had not yet interviewed the family living in the home but planned to follow up on neighbors' reports that Arwood was excavating the two-story pit to build some sort of a protective bunker.

"They were so distraught we hope to be able to talk to them today and come up with some information on that," Carpenter said. "It's a very large hole. It would look to be something like that, but I don't know. ... We're going to find out exactly what his intentions were."

He said deputies would be speaking with county planning and zoning officials about any potential building code violations at the site.

Andrew Bryant, a planner with the Lincoln County Planning & Inspections Department, said no permits had been issued.

Neighbor Bradley Jones said the children often played in the pit when the boy's father was working there. Jones, who said he works in construction, said there was no structure to support the pit's tall dirt walls and that he questioned the man about the hole's depth.

"I told Chelsea not to go in," Jones said, referring to advice he gave his teenage daughter, who babysat the children. "It was dangerous. There was nothing to reinforce those walls."

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Associated Press Writer Michael Biesecker in Raleigh contributed to this report.

 

[MrsHaseeb]

I am sorry to hear this. I pray that the families will find comfort in the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

[Shimmie]

Father God, we lift the hearts of these families unto you in Jesus' Name. Lord, there are no words.... none that can take the place of the lives of these babies. However there is your heart and your Holy Spirit which heals and brings comfort to their broken hearts.

Please bring them to peace and closure. Get them through the process of grieving, heal their deep and piercing pain. Bring joy to them in the memories of these precious lives who will live in their hearts forever.

Embrace them, embrace them all. Bring their hearts closer to you than ever before, for in you is their safe place of healing.

In Jesus' name, and bowed hearts unto you in prayer. Amen.

Rest in peace 'Little Babies', Rest in peace.