The Settles family had just returned to their hometown of Papillion, Nebraska, after vacationing when their lives changed forever.
After traveling to Florida with her son, Liam Settles, and then meeting her husband and daughter in Arkansas to view the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse, Kati Settles was expecting a quiet, uneventful trip home.
Less than 24 hours later, she was on her way to meet her husband, Sam Settles, at the hospital. Liam had been playing shortly after the family returned home when his dad heard a crash. Minutes later, Liam was being rushed to the Omaha Children’s Hospital in an ambulance as seizures took control of his body…