The heartbroken parents of a teenage girl who tragically passed away in a "chroming" incident have opened up about their loss.
According to News.com.au, the Melbourne resident - who was a Year 8 student at Lilydale High School - went into cardiac arrest and sustained irremediable brain damage after inhaling an aerosol deodorant can at a friend’s sleepover.
The young girl's parents, Paul and Andrea, were absolutely shocked by the devastating death of their young daughter and appeared on A Current Affair to speak about the impact of their tragic loss.
Watch Esra's parents' interview with A Current Affair:
Esra's parents told host Ally Langdon that prior to the terrible incident, their daughter was just hanging out with her friends, adding that they weren't worried about her because it "wasn’t anything out of the ordinary".
"To get this phone call at that time of night, [it] was one of the calls no parent ever wants to have to receive and we unfortunately got that call: 'Come and get your daughter,'" Paul said. "We’ve got the pictures in our mind which will never be erased, you know, of what we were confronted with."
Paramedics arrived at the scene and worked to revive the "beautiful" Esra before she eventually was rushed to the hospital in an unresponsive state and placed on life support. About eight days later, doctors broke the unfortunate news to her family, revealing that the teen's brain "was damaged beyond repair," so they had to choose whether to turn off the machines.
"They’re asking us to bring family [and] friends to say goodbye to our 13-year-old daughter," Paul told host Ally Langdon during the interview. "It was a very, very difficult thing to do to such a young soul."
Esra's parents and older siblings Imogen, Seth, and Charlie "cuddled her until the end".
The bereaved parents are now calling for more action regarding the viral trend so that other families won't experience the same devastating loss. They want schools to teach young kids CPR and refresh first aid skills every two years, and for aerosol manufacturers to change deodorant formulas so they are safer.
"For me, it’s a pistol sitting on the shelf," Esra's said of the deodorant cans. "We need the manufacturers to step up and really change the formulation or the propellants."
Paul also stated that there should be more awareness about chroming on social media - which he believes is how his daughter learned about the subject - so that they can "lockdown on the loopholes" that children slip through to get access to "adult content".
The Haynes family is also determined to carry on their daughter’s name and spread the word about her death. "We need to talk about it," Paul said. "Her name meant helper so that’s what we’re here to do."
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