Train victim's gift of strength
Herald-Sun
Grant McArthur
June 14, 2007 12:00am
SHARISE McMonnies has a special guardian angel looking over her. Just two months before the Kerang rail disaster, Rosanne McMonnies raised money for the hospital which is now working to save the life of her little sister.
Sharise McMonnies, 15, is still in an induced coma at the Royal Children's Hospital.
Rosanne, 17, and their father, Geoff, 50, did not survive the tragic smash.
Her mother, Julie, and sisters Sarah and Carmen are keeping shifts by her bedside while trying to come to terms with their own grief.
It is a far cry from the scenes of April, when Rosanne and Julie led the Robinvale Secondary College team in the Run For the Kids to aid the Royal Children's Hospital.
Earlier this year a family friend involved in the American Women's Auxiliary raised money for the hospital to buy new ventilators – the same machines which have sustained Sharise since the June 5 crash
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At least two AFL clubs have also shown their support.
Richmond, for whom Geoff lined up in the under-19s in the 1970s, wore black armbands last weekend, as did the Western Bulldogs, where Geoff's cousin, Wayne Campbell, is a specialist coach.Full article at:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21901100-661,00.html
