--- title: Oxford Plane Crash: Daughter Writes Heartbreaking Message description: An eighth grader is showing incredible resilience after losing both her parents in a plane crash in Alabama on Sunday. canonical: https://time.com/4455782/oxford-plane-crash-daughter-message/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-17T13:59:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:39:15.299Z og:title: Daughter of Plane Crash Victims Writes Heartbreaking Facebook Message og:description: ‘They will never, ever leave my heart,' wrote Sarah Perry og:url: https://time.com/4455782/oxford-plane-crash-daughter-message/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74e510a117780cdf/6988a2a6e20a87b299a920fe/daughter-loss-oxford-plane-crash.jpg?branch=production&width=939&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 939 og:image:height: 528 og:image:alt: 548298907 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Daughter of Plane Crash Victims Writes Heartbreaking Facebook Message twitter:description: ‘They will never, ever leave my heart,' wrote Sarah Perry twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74e510a117780cdf/6988a2a6e20a87b299a920fe/daughter-loss-oxford-plane-crash.jpg?branch=production&width=939&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 8th Grade Daughter of Plane Crash Victims Writes Heartbreaking Facebook Message > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement.  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Aug 17, 2016 1:59 PM UTC  A hand half painted in white reaching up to white paper butterflies against white wall A hand half painted in white reaching up to white paper butterflies against white wall pchyburrs—Getty Images/RooM RM  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Aug 17, 2016 1:59 PM UTC An eighth grader is showing [incredible resilience](http://motto.time.com/4336546/sheryl-sandberg-university-of-california-berekley-commencement-speech/?iid=sr-link6) after losing both her parents in a [plane crash](http://time.com/4451953/alabama-plane-crash-kills-six/) in Alabama on Sunday. Sarah Perry, whose parents were among the three couples from Oxford, Mississippi killed in the crash, [wrote a messag](http://www.oxfordeagle.com/2016/08/16/50340/)e on Facebook vowing [to stay strong](http://motto.time.com/4216090/mary-katharine-ham-work-after-loss/?iid=sr-link1) to get through the tragedy. [_Follow Motto on Facebook_](https://www.facebook.com/mottoworkplaylive/)_._ “The truth is, yes, I am heartbroken, sad, tired, and devastated, but I have to keep my faith,” she wrote. “It has to grow stronger and stronger. This wild journey brought me closer to my family and grew my relationship with God! and this is just the beginning.” Perry also promised to take care of her younger siblings and grandmother in her parents’ absence. “I will help them with anything They need. I will be my sister’s Santa Claus and I will be there for my sister when she gets older! I will help my brother with his homework and with any problems he ever has! and I will also help my grandmother who will be raising me for the rest of my life,” she wrote. She thanked her friends and family for their support and asked them to share their memories of her parents. “\[I\]t will be hard and there will be obstacles along the way, but if we all stay strong and stick together we can get through this because I know this is what my parents would want!” she continued. “I know for a fact I will never physically see my parents again on earth, but they will never, ever leave my heart.” Read the rest of [her incredibly uplifting message](http://motto.time.com/4291599/grieving-parents-find-purpose/?iid=sr-link10) below:  Screenshot Screenshot ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4455782/oxford-plane-crash-daughter-message/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4455782/oxford-plane-crash-daughter-message/"},"headline":"8th Grade Daughter of Plane Crash Victims Writes Heartbreaking Facebook Message","datePublished":"2016-08-17T13:59:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:39:15.299Z","description":"‘They will never, ever leave my heart,' wrote Sarah Perry","url":"https://time.com/4455782/oxford-plane-crash-daughter-message/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74e510a117780cdf/6988a2a6e20a87b299a920fe/daughter-loss-oxford-plane-crash.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74e510a117780cdf/6988a2a6e20a87b299a920fe/daughter-loss-oxford-plane-crash.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"548298907","caption":"daughter-loss-plane-crash","creditText":"pchyburrs—Getty Images/RooM RM","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4455782/oxford-plane-crash-daughter-message/","name":"8th Grade Daughter of Plane Crash Victims Writes Heartbreaking Facebook Message"}}]}] ```