A pregnant woman, named Ebony Wilkerson from South Carolina was making her way to Daytona Beach. Wilkerson had her three children with her in hopes of keeping them safe from her violent husband. She fled to her sister’s apartment and her sister noticed something strange about her. Wilkerson’s sister decided to take her to a hospital to have her checked out. Wilkerson checked in the hospital and quickly decided to check out. She got into her minivan with her children inside of it and dove to the beach. Witnesses saw her drive her van straight into the Atlantic ocean and fled to save the children. As the men worked towards opening the doors, the children pleaded, "Please help us, our mom is trying to kill us." Wilkerson was fighting her son over the wheel as he was trying to steer the car out of the water. The helpers were able to rescue all three children and even the mother. After they had her children out of the van she just walked away. Before the accident Wilkerson was talking to her sister about there being demons in her house. It is believed that Wilkerson thought her children were possessed and that is why she attempted to kill them.
This story connects to my English class. We were just learning about the Salem Witch Trials and this article relates. In the witch trials people would accuse others of being a witch or working with the Devil. After they were accused they were given an unfair trial and most were hung or killed in other ways. In this story Wilkerson accused her children of being demons. After accusing the children she decided to take action and attempt to murder them, luckily this didn't work out.
It is horrible to even think something like this could be true. The children did not deserve this at all. If she didn't want the children there was no need to try and kill them. There are other options out there, like putting your children up for adoption, or just giving them to a trusted family member. She should not be allowed to have her children back at any point in time. As soon as she gives birth to her newborn they should take it away from her also. Wilkerson deserves many years of prison for such a crime, or at least lots of time in a mental hospital because it is apparent that she has serious issues.
- What is the impact of using [statistics/quotations/headings/bullets/personal experience] (choose one of the options and write only on it.) If you have another element that you would like to discuss on this question, get the okay from me before proceeding. Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.
- The impact of using quotations is that the choice of the quotations put into the article give us an idea of the emotions from the mother and children during the accident. In paragraph seven it states that the children were screaming, "'Please help us, our mom is trying to kill us'" as people were trying to save them. This shows that the children were terrified for their lives as their mother was attempting to murder them. As the people were trying to open the doors of the van the mother kept repeating,"'We're OK. We're OK. We're OK'", which is stated in paragraph eight. This shows us that the mother had no emotion or any kind of thoughts going through her mind as he drove into the ocean. It also shows that she must be going through some kind of mental issues.
Botelho, Greg. "Mother Who Drove With Children Into Ocean." CNN, 9 Mar 2014. Web. 9 Mar 2014, <http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/08/justice/florida-mother-minivan-ocean/index.html?iref=allsearch>
Nosha. “Atlantic.” Photograph. Flickr. Yahoo, 19 Feb 2009. Web. 9 Mar 2014, <http://www.flickr.com/photos/77316550@N00/3300416216>
I like all the detail that you put into your post. It was very thorough. The only things that I can critique are that there were a few spelling errors that can easily be corrected and your formatting changes in the last part of the post. Both of these things can be fixed by proofreading your post before posting it. Other than that, I think you did a great job.
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