A Lasting Legacy
South Jersey Magazine
For one local family, losing their toddler daughter was devastating. Halfway across the world, her memory lives on forever.
The sirens were deafening.
But the other noises were maddening—the shouts from her husband and the car horn she blared as she tore up and down the street looking for help...
South Jersey
The Central Record
Victoria, with curly blonde hair and blue eyes, was just 14 months old in 1992 when she fell into a pond in the back of her family’s home. Lots of adults were outside that day, but everyone thought someone else was watching her.
Airlifted to Cooper University Medical Hospital, little Victoria died the next day with her parents Connie and Guy Ercol by her side. It was such a heart wrenching experience that today, 20 years later, Connie finds it hard to talk about her young daughter and her last days on Earth.
From Camp HIll to ghana
Local 21 news
For Connie Ercol and her family, at first they couldn't see the good. Their 14-month-old daughter drowned in the 1990s in a pond. Their faith kept them going all these years later.
"One of my biggest fears of my life as a mom, when I was in the hospital with Victoria, was that nobody would remember her."