their own children. we lost eight young people that can t break the cycle of where they have been and change it for their children. we had two vans of children coming back from the beach, and also a chase car. but they were several miles apart. and the first van was one that had the accident. we had we had nine people in that van. we had eight fatalities, and one survivor in that van yesterday. and that s the tragedy that we are faced with. reporter: the children, many of them who died in that van, had already been taken by the state into their custody from homes where parents had been caught up in drug addiction or the children themselves had been abused. now this organization, which is primarily run through donations finds itself having to plan for eight funerals. it will be a very difficult week of brief. martin savidge, cnn, camp hill, alabama. and as martin just reported,
we lost eight young people that can make a difference in our world. we lost eight young people that didn t have a chance to have their own children. we lost eight young people who can t break the cycle of where they ve been and change it for their children. we had two vans of children coming back from the beach and also a chase car. they were several miles apart. the first van was the one that had the accident. we had nine people in that van. we had eight fatalities and one survivor in that van yesterday. that s the tragedy we re faced with. reporter: many of the children in that van had been taken by the state into their custody from homes where parents had been caught up with drug addiction or the children themselves had been abused. now this organization, which is primarily run through donations, finds itself having to plan for
they ve been and change it for their children. we had two vans of children coming back from the beach and also a chase car but they were several miles apart. the first van was the one that had the accident. we had nine people in that van and eight fatalities and one survivor in that van yesterday. that s the tragedy that we re faced with. reporter: many of the children who died in that van had come from homes where they have parents who were caught up in through addiction or the children themselves had been abused. now this organization, which is run primarily through charitable donations, must bury eight children and have eight funerals. how they ll get through it with the grief, they re not sure, and how they will pay for it? well, as they say, god only knows. unimaginable grief there. to washington now.
several miles apart. and the first van is the one that had the accident. we had we had nine people in that van. we had eight fatalities and one survivor in that van yesterday. that s the traggedy that we re faced with. reporter: and the children, many of them who died in that van, had already been taken by the state into their custody from homes where parents have been caught up in drug addiction or the children themselves had been abused. now this organization, which is primarily run through donations, finds itself having to plan for eight funerals. it will be a very difficult week of grief. martin savidge, cnn, camp hill, alabama. thank you, martin, for that. so, police in florida say a deadly incident at a pride parade appears to be a tragic accident, not an intentional or criminal act. now, two pedestrians were hit.
yesterday, we lost eight young people that can make a difference in our world. we lost eight young people that didn t have a chance to have their own children. we lost eight young people that can t break the cycle of where they have been and change it for their children. we have two vans of children coming back from the beach and also a chase car, but they were several miles apart. and the first van was the one that had the accident. we had we had nine people in that van, we had eight fatalities and one survivor in that van yesterday. that s the tragedy that we re faced with. reporter: many of the children had been taken into custody by the state, taken from homes where they had suffered abuse or had drug addicted parents. just an awful story. pamela? no words. no words for this. martin savidge, thank you.