A family has been left "traumatised" after a mum died suddenly while flying back to the UK - with her heartbroken kids sitting beside her for hours until they could land. "One of a kind" mum and midwife Helen Rhodes was travelling with her family as part of a "new adventure", returning home after spending 15 years living in Hong Kong.
A few hours in, Helen was found unresponsive and couldn't be resuscitated after passing away in her sleep, reports The Mirror. Tragically, for the remaining eight hours of the flight, Helen's broken children sat next to their mum in a "breathless sleep" until they landed in Frankfurt, a friend of the family wrote.
Though it was an "extremely traumatising" experience, the "devastated" family had the opportunity to say their last goodbyes while sitting beside her. When they arrived, Helen's body stayed in the German city while her husband and kids continued on to the UK, leaving behind the "glue that held the family together".
