Video: Mom eulogizes girls who died in fire

>>> the emotional funeral for three young sisters killed in a house fire in stanford, connecticut. hundreds of mourners attended and listened to a heartbreaking eulogy from the girl's mother. in new york city , hundreds gathered on a dark, winter afternoon at this historic church , where a heartbroken matthew and madonna badger paid a final farewell to their three daughters, 9-year-old lily and 7-year-old twins sarah and grace. the pallbearers, 18 firefighters from the same unit that responded to the christmas day fire. they carried the caskets of each little girl , one by one, into the church as their parents, who are separated, followed behind, wiping away tears. inside a very emotional madonna badger delivered the eulogy for her three little girls, breaking down several times. madonna recalled favorite memories of her children. describing 9-year-old lily as a girl who enjoyed song and dance , with moves that far outdid michael jackson . she told the crowd about 7-year-old sarah's fragile heart and how twin sister grace worried a thousand times she'd die before her mom but madonna assured her that would never happen. madonna said she used to wonder how parents could go on living after losing their children but then told the mourners, "here i am." placing her hand over her heart, she told the crowd, "they're right here and that's where they live now." she continued on saying, "in all the incomprehensible loss and chaos, all i can hang onto is that love is everything." madonna lost her parents in that fatal christmas day fire, too, lomer and pauline johnson . investigators say badger's friend, mike borcena took embers out of the fireplace, because the children didn't want them to hurt santa. the grief stricken parents have been met with a huge outpouring of support from family and friends. among those at thursday's funer funeral, calvin klein and vera wang . klein worked with badger on an ad campaign . all guests were given these programs with the picture of the three smiling girls, just a small reminder of the love and innocence lost on that tragic christmas morning . the family has set up a foundation in memory of the girls, for more information and to offer your condolences, you can head to our website at today.com.

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