7-year-old girl dies two days after getting hit by celebratory bullet
January 2, 2013

She barely lived long enough to see 2013. The seven-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet at the height of the New Year revelry shortly after Monday midnight, succumbed to her injuries in a Quezon City hospital Wednesday afternoon.

Stephanie Nicole Ella, who was struck while watching New Year’s Eve celebrations outside their Caloocan City home at around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, was only one of the 40 people hit by stray bullets from Dec. 21, 2012 to Jan. 2, 2013, according to figures from the Philippine National Police.

Dr. Emmanuel Bueno of the East Avenue Medical Center said Stephanie Nicole died at 2:26 p.m. after suffering her eighth cardiac arrest.

“Kaninang 2:26 ng hapon nai-declare natin si Nicole Ella na pumanaw, after the eighth cardiac arrest,” Bueno said in an interview on dzBB radio.

Doctors tried to resuscitate Stephanie Nicole but her parents decided to stop the treatment, added Bueno. “Nag-decide ang tatay at nanay na tama na at hindi na makakabalik, itigil na, hindi na talaga makakabalik.”

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