On Tuesday, WGR morning host Jeremy White returned to his radio show with tragic news. The quadruplets he and his wife, Molly, were expecting had died.
Listeners were aware White and his wife were expecting quadruplets since they made the announcement in August. On Sunday, September 22nd, they hosted a gender reveal at a Bills tailgate, later that night Molly went to the ER with “terrible pains.”
“Our efforts to stop pre-term labor fell short and our quads were all born too early to have a chance at survival,” Jeremy and Molly White shared on Twitter.
Molly gave birth to each of their four children on separate days throughout the week after being admitted to the hospital on September 22nd. Zoe, Lincoln, Miles and Brecken, were born between Monday and Saturday, with each child losing their life soon after.
An emotional White told listeners there was nothing that could have been done to save their children, so every single time a child was born, they were going to meet them and then the baby was going to die.
White’s return to his WGR morning show, Howard and Jeremy triggered 20 of the most powerful minutes in radio as the emotional father shared raw details of losing their four children, telling listeners that he views his wife as his hero.
“I wanted to tell the story because I felt like I could never come back to work without telling the story,” Jeremy said. “If anyone ever goes through it, I want them to reach out to me and know that they can. I hope it never happens to anybody, but if it ever happens to you, you can reach out to me. And I’ll hopefully help you get through it the way other people helped me and helped my wife.”
“These months with our quads growing have been some of the happiest of our lives. We mourn the family we dreamed of having, and will carry them with us, as long as we live,” Jeremy and Molly wrote on Twitter.
After each child died, the parents spent time with them, taking pictures and saving an audio recording of their heartbeats, which have been placed inside a teddy bear. “I never thought being with your child after it passed would be important, but it is, it’s really important.”
“Amazing what you can see in such a young child that can’t survive in the world, you can still see physical characteristics.” Those physical characteristics resembled Jeremy and Molly, and seeing those memorable features brought the parents joy.
The radio host was incredibly grateful to everyone who helped along the way, friends, family and especially the doctors, nurses and entire medical staff at the hospital. Jeremy shared the roller coaster of emotions he and his wife are dealing with, from losing their children, to whether or not people will question if he goes to a game in an attempt to continue living his life. More than being met with questions, Jeremy’s co-host Howard Simon said he should be met with hugs.
“When we look back, it ends up as the worst week our lives, but there are smiles in there, there are laughs, there are good moments that you spend with your kids,” Jeremy added.
Jeremy will remain off-air the rest of the week, planning to make his full-time return to WGR’s popular morning show next week.
Brandon Contes is a freelance writer for BSM. He can be found on Twitter @BrandonContes. To reach him by email click here.
Brandon Contes is a former reporter for BSM, now working for Awful Announcing. You can find him on Twitter @BrandonContes or reach him by email at Brandon.Contes@gmail.com.
