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Three young children who survived a horror Christmas Day crash that killed both of their parents have returned home to grieving relatives.
Jake Day, 28, and Cindy Braddock, 25, died when their Land Rover Discovery rolled over on an isolated road near the West Australian town of Kondinin, 279km east of Perth early Christmas Day, just 10km from home.
Synthia, 5, Bevan, 2, and Charlez, 1, were trapped in the vehicle alone for 55 hours in 30C-plus temperatures waiting for help until the wreckage was eventually found by family friends on December 27.
Synthia has been hailed a hero after relatives revealed the little girl unbuckled her baby brother from his car seat, which saved his life.
The children were treated for cuts, bruises and dehydration before being airlifted to Perth Children’s Hospital, where they spent five days before they were given the all clear to leave.
Synthia, 5, Bevan, 2, and Charlez, 1 have returned home a week after a horror crash that killed both of their parents
They smiled and squealed with delight as they played at a park in Perth on Saturday.
They returned home to Kondinin the next day to finally open their presents from Santa waiting for them under the Christmas tree.Â
They will live with their grandmother Annette Day, a local hospital orderly.
‘The next goal is to just keep looking after the kids,’ Day’s stepfather Richard Parker told Seven News.
The children appear to be doing well, despite their harrowing ordeal.Â
‘[They are] full of life, jumped in the car, thought we might have had trouble getting one or two of them in their car seats, but they were straight in,’ Mr Parker told Nine News.
‘Good chance I’ll end up moving down there as well just for support and we’ll be going from there.’
Cindy Braddock and Jack Day were killed during the crash. Picture: Facebook
He also paid a heartbreaking tribute to the crash victims as he issued an emotional plea t
‘Jake would do anything for those three kids. Cindy was the same. It was hard to pry the kids away from them,’ Mr Parker added.
The family also thanked Australians for their support with almost $140,000 raised for the orphaned children.
Mr Day’s cousin Casey Guyer provided an update on the fundraising page last Friday.
‘I have been to visit the kids and can not get over their strength. Three beautiful beautiful children that are so special and strong,’ she wrote.
‘We can not thank everyone enough for their donations it’s overwhelming.
‘And a big thank you to everyone for respecting the families privacy during this extremely hard time.’
Upon being discovered by family friends at the site of the crash after 55 hours in 30 degree heat at the crash site, brave Synthia’s first words uttered were ‘Nanny is going to look after us now’.
‘She’s incredible, her brother would not be here if it wasn’t for her and she loves her Nanny,’ friend Kailee Wallace told The West Australian.
The children were stranded by the wreckage for 55 hours. Picture: Supplied
Her bravery is the reason why she and her little brothers are alive todayÂ
‘The five-year-old became unstuck in the vehicle and she then got the one-year-old out of the car seat, then they were stuck in the car for the 55 hours in 30-degree heat,’ Mr Day’s cousin Michael Read said.
‘It would have been hard for the three children to be in the car for that whole time. Nobody knows what they went through.
‘And if it wasn’t for the five-year-old undoing the buckle of the one-year-old’s car seat, he wouldn’t be with us today.’
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