WWLTV | Mike Hoss Eyewitness News
NEW ORLEANS -- Born in the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, Shawn Lawler thought 2011 was going to be her best year ever.
“Just as one got better another one of us went down,” Lawler said.
Instead it was her worst.
It began in May of last year, when her youngest son Mikey contracted a rare intestinal bacteria causing the 15-year-old to suddenly drop 60 pounds.
Two months later in July, just as Mikey started to improve. Her oldest son Anthony's truck caught fire with him inside. The 18-year-old nearly died and suffered third-degree burns, requiring multiple surgeries and skin grafts.
And just 16 days after that, with Anthony still in the hospital, the middle brother, 17-year-old Salvatore, or Salvy, left on his bike for work at the food court in Lakeside Mall.
“And at 8 o'clock I got a phone call saying that he couldn't talk and I was thinking immediately, why is he saying this?” Shawn said.
Salvy lost the feeling in his right side, and they rushed him to Children’s Hospital.
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