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Maureen Branigan, 30, said she never believed her mother Debbie, 52, would pass away after she sent that text. Debbie Branigan died due to cardiac arrest after years of serious medical issues.
Maureen Branigan said her mother Debbie was her best friend. (Facebook)
In a heartbreaking incident, Maureen Branigan from Pennsylvania, US, had jokingly sent her mother a text, “Did u make it home alive lol?” after spending the day with her, only to find out later that her mother had died behind the wheel of her parked car.
Branigan, 30, had earlier shared the heartbreaking story on the video-sharing platform TikTok, revealing that her mother Debbie had died on January 31, 2021, from cardiac arrest after years of dealing with serious medical issues, including kidney disease, reported The New York Post.
“I didn’t think twice when she didn’t reply,” she recently told People Magazine. “It wasn’t uncommon for her to just go home, go to bed, and then FaceTime me in the morning to make our plans for the day. We spent every day together.”
Debbie was found still in her parked car by Branigan’s fiancé when he took their dog for a walk. “Immediately, I called my dad, who was at home. I told him he had to get here, and fast. At this point, we still had no idea what was going on. The medics couldn’t tell us anything, and we were stuck in limbo,” she said.
Branigan said her mother was her best friend as she had no siblings. “When I sent that text, never in my wildest imagination would I have thought it would result in her dying,” she mentioned, adding that the duo sent morbid jokes every now and then.
“My mom embodied everything soft and strong simultaneously. Without fail, she was always in my corner. The best way I can describe her is that she wasn’t afraid of anything or anyone. Nothing scared her. I could hand her anything, and it was never too heavy. Maybe she couldn’t fix it, but she was there,” she added.
Her viral video on TikTok garnered 670,000 views and nearly 900 comments, mostly from those who had lost a parent. “Some days, I cry, and other days, I gossip to her as if she can still hear me and answer back. I miss her in every moment of every day — the big and the small,” she shared.
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