Meeting with the media at Camelback Ranch on the first day of spring training Friday, Vesia took no questions, instead reading from a statement off his phone while battling the effects of the tragedy that was his daughter Sterling's death two days after the start of the World Series. "The lessons we've learned from this is that life can change in an instant. Ten minutes is all it took...."
Eman put her baby to sleep, then woke later to check on him and found him in an alarming condition. Temperatures had dropped, and without proper shelter or clothing for a newborn, there was no protection for Mohammed. His body was cold as ice. His hands and feet were frozen, his face stiff and yellowish, and he was barely breathing, she recalls.