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The little man of A3, nicknamed "Little Man" by his neighbors, became the first Gaston County death related to the remains of Hurricane Florence, after a big pinassera in the mobile home around 12:45. Sunday.
Kade Gill, who was born on Father's Day to Olen and Tammy Gill, was in his mother's arms on the couch when the tree crashed near the center of Moses Court's mobile home, a road unpaved narrow street of Old Willis School Road between Dallas and Stanley.
"The tree had divided us," said Olen Gill, who returned to the destroyed home with his wife after being released from the CaroMont Regional Medical Center. "I'm in the kitchen and she's in the living room on the couch."
Tammy Gill explained that the beginning of his son's life was not easy, his devastating death.
"He was a fighter at first, he came five weeks earlier, survived the 10 days of the NICU," said Tammy Gill.
Neighbor Billy Hawkins said he was out when the tree fell.
"I took out the dog and heard something slamming," Hawkins said. "Then dad came out shouting," Call 911, call 911. "
Hawkins ran to the mobile home. Tammy Gill still had the baby in her arms when Hawkins said that he had entered the mobile home with Olen Gill.
"She was just screaming," Take my child, take my child, "Hawkins said.
Hawkins said the mother and child were stuck by the tree. The air conditioner in the mobile home had little Kade Gill stuck, unable to break free. Hawkins said he and Olen Gill worked feverishly to move the air conditioner to free the baby and take him out of the mobile home.
Firefighters from the Spencer Mountain Volunteer Fire Department quickly arrived and asked Hawkins and Olen Gill to get out of the trailer for their own safety. The firefighters then cut the big tree, its trunk about 2 feet in diameter, into smaller pieces to free the mother. An ambulance transported Tammy Gill to the CaroMont Regional Medical Center with non-fatal injuries.
One of the first things Hawkins noticed was the bursts of glass in the boy's eyes from broken windows. Hawkins said that it was obvious that the little boy was not doing well.
The emergency workers took Kade Gill to the hospital where he died. It becomes the 17th death related to Hurricane Florence, which reached the coast of North Carolina on Friday morning.
Olen Gill said that he knew that his son had problems at the hospital.
"He did not react," said the father. "As I approached the room, I saw them pumping on his chest, and this time I knew it was not good."
The medical workers told the parents that they could not do anything.
"They walked into the room and said that he was suffering from head trauma and we did not even know it," said Tammy Gill. "They had been doing CPR for the last 30 minutes and they just wanted permission to stop, I first said no, but after 30 minutes he would not come back."
Gaston County police captain Brent Roberts called the boy's death an "act of God".
"My heart goes to the family," said Roberts. "They are just starting with a newborn and making sure that a child's life ends this way is only a tragedy.
"As police, our hearts go to the family."
Gaston County has received 5 inches of rain since Friday night from the remains of Hurricane Florence. Violent winds and rains spilled several trees in the area, but prior to the Sunday incident, none resulted in serious injuries in Gaston County.
The Gills were already living in the trailer park with eight trailers when Hawkins moved in about three months ago, he said. They were a good family. He said that the little boy was loved.
"It was a good boy," Hawkins said.
You can contact Kevin Ellis at 704-869-1823 or Twitter.com/TheGazetteKevin. The Gazette's news partner, WSOC TV, contributed to this report.
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