{"id":1060091,"date":"2021-11-27T17:13:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T22:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1060091"},"modified":"2021-11-27T17:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T22:13:52","slug":"11-year-old-waukesha-christmas-parade-victim-remains-on-ventilator-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/11-year-old-waukesha-christmas-parade-victim-remains-on-ventilator-in-critical-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"11-Year-Old Waukesha Christmas Parade Victim Remains on Ventilator in Critical Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F11-year-old-waukesha-christmas-parade-victim-remains-on-ventilator-in-critical-condition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1060091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Mother Amber Kohnke spent Thanksgiving at the bedside of her 11-year-old daughter, who remains in the hospital on a ventilator and in critical condition after 39-year-old Darrell E. Brooks Jr. reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/23\/waukesha-attack-suspect-darrell-brooks-charged-bail-set-at-5-million\/\">rammed<\/a> his SUV through the Waukesha Christmas Parade, killing six and injuring sixty-two.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven-year-old Jessalyn Torres was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/26\/waukesha-christmas-parade-victim-11-clinging-to-life-on-ventilator\/\">dancing<\/a> in the Waukesha parade on November 21 and was one of 16 children <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/childrenswi\/posts\/4796722190351988\">admitted<\/a> to Children\u2019s Hospital Wisconsin after the callous rampage, according to a press release from the hospital.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNo mother should ever go through this. This is a very traumatic ordeal,\u201d Jessalyn\u2019s mother, Amber Kohnke, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/26\/waukesha-christmas-parade-victim-11-clinging-to-life-on-ventilator\/\">told<\/a> the<em> New York<\/em> <em>Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the family\u2019s verified GoFundMe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/jessalyn-11-years-old-waukesha-victim\">page<\/a>, Amber is a single mother of five. She informed the <em>Post<\/em> that she spent Thanksgiving at the hospital with her unconscious daughter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18917674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18917674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-27-at-15-54-17-Jessalyn-11-Years-Old-Waukesha-Victim-organised-by-Nathan-Books.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 15-54-17 Jessalyn (11 Years Old) Waukesha Victim, organised by Nathan Books\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessalyn, 11 years old Waukesha Christmas parade victim (Photo: GoFundMe campaign organized by Nathan Books)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe hardest part was not being with everyone and Jessalyn, in the condition she is, was not able to be with her family either,\u201d she told the <em>Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Jessalyn sustained a fractured skull, three pelvis fractures, a lacerated liver, lung contusions, intestinal damage, and her left kidney \u201c<span>was ripped from the artery and vein so it is no longer functional,\u201d states an update on the child\u2019s GoFundMe page.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 11-year-old requires the assistance of a ventilator to breathe, Amber told the <em>Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo child or parent should have to endure this amount pain and suffering,\u201d the girl\u2019s mother, Amber Konhke, posted Tuesday afternoon, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lifestyle-health-milwaukee-parades-injuries-7ec7870ea683b0c80416f49ada5d0ffc\">Associated Press <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, Torres and three other children remained in \u201ccritical condition,\u201d three were in \u201cfair condition,\u201d and two were in \u201cgood condition,\u201d according to the Children\u2019s Hospital Wisconsin\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>Darrell E. Brooks Jr. has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2021\/11\/23\/Waukesha-parade-crash-death-toll-six-suspect-appears-court\/5001637709906\/\">charged<\/a> for the Christmas parade massacre and faces five counts of intentional homicide. Following the death of eight-year-old Jackson Sparks, who succumbed to his injuries Tuesday, Waukesha County District Attorney Susan Opper announced she planned to file a sixth count of intentional homicide, UPI reported.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the parade carnage, a woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2021\/11\/22\/suspect-waukesha-parade-incident-identified-darrell-brooks-jr\/8717524002\/\">alleged<\/a> that Brooks ran her \u201cover with his vehicle\u201d earlier this month, according to the <em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>Earlier this month,&nbsp;a woman told police that Brooks purposefully ran her \u201cover with his vehicle\u201d while she was walking through a gas station parking lot after he had followed her there after a fight, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Brooks was charged in July 2020&nbsp;with two felony counts of second-degree recklessly endangering safety and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was&nbsp;accused of getting into a&nbsp;fight with a relative and then firing a gun at the relative and a friend, according to court records.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Brooks was released November 16 on $1000 bail in the case of the woman\u2019s accusation.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks\u2019s bail for the Christmas parade massacre has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/23\/waukesha-attack-suspect-darrell-brooks-charged-bail-set-at-5-million\/\">been<\/a> set at $5,000,000, Breitbart News reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother Amber Kohnke spent Thanksgiving at the bedside of her 11-year-old daughter, who remains in the hospital on a ventilator and in critical condition after 39-year-old Darrell E. 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