A Delaware County community is coming together to light the sky 'Blue for Benny' in support of a family whose two-year-old son passed away suddenly.
A Delaware County community is coming together for a family whose two-year-old son, Benny passed away suddenly. Much of the Delco neighborhood in Broomall has been draped in blue light over the past couple days.Homes and businesses are going Blue for Benny, showing support for a local family who lost so much so fast."We don’t want any of this," said Eric Petransky, Benny’s father.
"There was not a sign there was anything wrong with this beautiful kid this kid was dancing in the shower just the night before with his daddy," said the father.In an instant, their world turned upside down and now they have the difficult task of trying to find the words to tell Benny’s five-year-old big brother, Ari."I have to be strong for Ari because he keeps saying, wipe your tears mommy it’s going to be OK," said Natalie Petransky, mother.
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