The mother said she had lost two children in the last year.
A mother had lost her son, or a little child his father.
But she wasn't the one who had lost a child.
And now he had lost his only child as well.
"Without being with a family 24/7 you can do everything possible and still lose a child."
But I've known too many parents who've lost a child.
Another study looked at the cancer rate among 21,062 parents who had lost a child.
It was as if she'd lost a second child in the space of a few days.
Certainly she would not have lost her first child at sea.
He had a brother who lost his wife and several children.