Was a baby in Texas involved in a horrible car accident and is he currently fighting for his life so he needs likes and prayers? No, that's not true: in September 2019 someone made a Facebook post with photos from a 2016 accident lifted from a Twitter account and got almost 6,000 shares, close to 3,000 reactions and over a hundred comments on it. But the baby is fine and has been home since October 2016.
The photos and prayer request went viral via a post (archived here) published on September 9, 2019 with following caption:
This baby was involved in a horrible car accident and is fighting for his life
Can you please like and say a prayer please don't ignore
This is the Facebook post in question:
The photos seem to have been taken from this tweet (archived here):
God is truly amazing... I'm so thankful that they are both alive ๐๐ฝ still praying for baby Emree but I know God has our back no matter what pic.twitter.com/j8wVamNGvO
-- La Jefa ๐ (@CalanBerry) October 19, 2016
The baby appears to be the cousin of the woman running the Twitter account (tweet archived here):
Thanks for all the prayers ๐๐ฝ my baby cousin is still not in the clear tho he has only opened his eyes once since the accident ๐ pic.twitter.com/fjuGyRcbER
-- La Jefa ๐ (@CalanBerry) October 19, 2016
In subsequent tweets she kept her followers up to date on the status of little Emree:
Emree is awake ๐ค๐ thank all y'all so much for the prayers ๐๐ฝ he never fails pic.twitter.com/JEJXsyVaiZ
-- La Jefa ๐ (@CalanBerry) October 19, 2016
Update: Emree's left side is twitching and he is semi drooling so they think he is having seizures ๐๐ฝ please continue to keep him in prayer pic.twitter.com/WxUldUIk0q
-- La Jefa ๐ (@CalanBerry) October 20, 2016
Emree is going to the ICU... there is new blood on his brain. ๐๐ฝ๐ Baby Emree is still in need of prayer #PrayForEmree pic.twitter.com/Qk2oWif4tM
-- La Jefa ๐ (@CalanBerry) October 20, 2016
Still in the ICU, but we got a smile everybody ๐ค๐ #PrayForEmree pic.twitter.com/YPQpdlvbvO
-- La Jefa ๐ (@CalanBerry) October 21, 2016
Fortunately it all ended well (tweet archived here):
I would just like to thank everyone who took the time out to pray for baby Emree ๐๐๐ Lil daddy is finally home ๐#PrayForEmree pic.twitter.com/Wmtm5lMR3h
-- La Jefa ๐ (@CalanBerry) October 27, 2016
It is unclear why someone from Chicago, Illinois (according to her Facebook profile) would post old pictures taken by someone in Texas in 2016 and request likes and prayers on it.
