Original picture posted by Nathan | All images courstesy: Reddit
A grieving Ohio father, Nathan Steffel, made a heartbreaking request to strangers - a photo of his daughter, Sophia without the (hospital) tubes attached to her body.
"My daughter recently passed away after a long battle in the children's hospital. Since she was in the hospital her whole life we never were able to get a photo without all her tubes. Can someone remove the tubes from this photo?" he posted on social networking site, Reddit, on July 13.
And the Internet responded.
The six weeks old baby, who had fought a long battle with illness, died last week before the parents even had the chance to take her home. Heartbroken, the father posted this request and what followed thereafter is rather unbelievable and heartwarming at the same time.
In just over three days, thousands of people responded enthusiastically sending Nathan warm messages and beautifully retouched pictures and sketches of his daughter. With about 2,876 comments, his request has since gone viral and so has this attempt by Reddit users to show their love and support to the grief-stricken family.
Here are some of the best Photoshopped pictures shared by Reddit users:
By: allonsybadwolf
By: ThresholdLurker
By: ChangingYang
By: izzyzzi
By: funkybrewster
If this doesn't count as a victory for the Internet, nothing does.
"My daughter recently passed away after a long battle in the children's hospital. Since she was in the hospital her whole life we never were able to get a photo without all her tubes. Can someone remove the tubes from this photo?" he posted on social networking site, Reddit, on July 13.
And the Internet responded.
The six weeks old baby, who had fought a long battle with illness, died last week before the parents even had the chance to take her home. Heartbroken, the father posted this request and what followed thereafter is rather unbelievable and heartwarming at the same time.
In just over three days, thousands of people responded enthusiastically sending Nathan warm messages and beautifully retouched pictures and sketches of his daughter. With about 2,876 comments, his request has since gone viral and so has this attempt by Reddit users to show their love and support to the grief-stricken family.
Here are some of the best Photoshopped pictures shared by Reddit users:
By: allonsybadwolf
By: ThresholdLurker
By: ChangingYang
By: izzyzzi
By: funkybrewster
If this doesn't count as a victory for the Internet, nothing does.
