This Article is From Sep 08, 2016

Photo Of Hugging Twins Went Viral. One Of Them Has Died.

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This photo of newborn twins, Mason and Hawk Buchmeyer, captured hearts across the internet

Highlights

  • Twins born in Florida, one baby had rare disorder
  • Photo of twins hugging went viral on Facebook
  • Baby boy dies, thousands online share family's grief
Florida, United States: Six days after a photo of a pair of twins in Florida went viral, one of the baby boys has died, and thousands online are sharing his parents' grief.  

One of the boys, Hawk, was diagnosed with a rare condition called congenital diaphragmatic hernia or CDH, according to local media. His brother, Mason, is healthy.

11 days after the boys were born, their parents posted a photo of the babies hugging - and it went viral on Facebook with over 1,19,000 likes.

"As soon as Mason felt Hawk he reached out his arm and smiled this big," parents Brandy Guettler and Tommy Buchmeyer wrote in a post with the photo.

Hawk died yesterday, his family disclosed on Facebook.

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