Natasha Richardson's Tragedy Saves a Little Girl's Life

Reality has still not sunk into me that Natasha Richardson is no more. It was such a devastating tragedy not just for her friends and family but also us, her fans, who have admired her work and gotten so much joy out of it. As much as we'd like to think that celebrities are just regular people who live and die like all of us - they are not. Their lives and deaths have profound impact on many and something I read today just reaffirmed that for me: (CNN) -- Connie and Donald McCracken were watching CNN one evening last week when they learned of the tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson from a head injury. Immediately, their minds turned to their 7-year-old daughter, Morgan, who was upstairs getting ready for bed. An injured Morgan McCracken has benefited from awareness after Natasha Richardson's death. Two days earlier, Morgan, her father, and brother had been playing baseball in the yard of their Mentor, Ohio, home when her father hit a line drive that landed just above Morgan's left temple. A lump formed, but the McCrackens iced it down and the swelling subsided within an hour. "For the next two days, she was perfectly fine," Donald McCracken says. "She had no symptoms. She went to school both days and got an A on her spelling test as usual. There were no issues whatsoever." But after hearing about Richardson's death, the McCrackens wondered if Morgan was really as OK as she seemed. After all, Richardson had been talking and lucid immediately after her fatal injury. When they went upstairs to kiss Morgan good night, she complained of a headache. "Because of Natasha, we called the pediatrician immediately. And by the time I got off the phone with him, Morgan was sobbing, her head hurt so much," McCracken says. Continue Reading on CNN.com If Natasha's life and death hadn't touched so many maybe the McCrackens would have regarded their daughter's injury as just another bump on the head. I can't even think imagine the consequences of that. As deeply saddened as I am by her untimely loss, I smile thinking about how every tragedy has an upside. R.I.P Natasha Richardson, you will be truly missed.