Kalamazoo victim: 'alive and she is fighting'
Authorities and family members have described how the youngest victim of Saturday night's shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Mich. suddenly responded to her mother's voice, even as doctors were preparing to harvest her organs.
Gene and Vicki Kopf said their 14-year-old daughter Abigail was "alive and she is fighting for her life." Dr. Aaron Lane-Davies of Bronson Children's Hospital said that although Abigail remains critically ill, "we are encouraged by her relative stability over the last several days and her responsiveness to her parents and our team."
The doctor said that Abigail remained on a ventilator in critical condition.
Michigan State Police Lt. Dale Hinz told Fox17 that authorities initially believed that Abigail had been killed in the shooting outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Texas Township. However, Abigail suddenly squeezed her mother's hand when asked if she could hear her mother, then did so again before giving two thumbs up.