TEMPE, Ariz. — The parents of a 19-year-old Tempe woman are warning other parents of a dangerous trend after their daughter died from inhaling chemicals from an aerosol can.
Aaron and Dana O'Rourke describe their daughter, Renna Kay O'Rourke, as a vibrant and vivacious girl.
“She was just the light of my life," Aaron O'Rourke said.
She loved to sing and filled every room with smiles and laughter.
“She was just the most caring, beautiful soul I've ever, ever known," Dana O'Rourke said.
But, on May 27 their world flipped upside down.
Renna went into cardiac arrest and was later declared brain dead after inhaling a common household cleaner.
“We want to make sure that we use our tragedy so that no other parent has to experience looking at their child on life support and a ventilator and