Family Finds Comfort in Daughter's Photo Taken Minutes Before Her Collapse
Casey Dunne, 16, collapsed at field hockey practice from fatal brain hemorrhage.
— -- The family of a Massachusetts teen are taking solace in a moving picture of the teen taken minutes before she collapsed from a fatal brain hemorrhage.
Casey Dunne, 16, was at field hockey practice on Friday when she collapsed suddenly due to a brain hemorrhage. The teen died hours later at a local hospital according to the teen's high school, Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Casey's father Matthew Dunne said the picture of their daughter has helped the family with their grief since it seemed to show her personality so clearly.
"It was very helpful because what my wife and I saw of her that afternoon was in the worst possible situation," Dunne told ABC News. "To see that photo of her that day and that happy and that joyous and fabulous was a very uplifting."
Dunne said that Casey, who was born on July 1, had always loved everything about the Fourth of July celebrations. Casey, a high school junior, was the middle of five children and loved working as at tutor for low income middle school students, he father said.
"Everything that comes through is how personable she was and how people were drawn to her and my wife has talked about her quiet charisma," Dunne told ABC News.
A funeral will be held for Casey on Wednesday.
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