The outline of a tiny footprint in black ink stands out against a white sheet of paper lined with a pastel pink border. “Baby’s first footprint,” it reads.

The baby girl, born at just 3 pounds, 11 ounces last Sunday, is doing remarkably well. Her family says she’s been a source of light in an unimaginably dark time.

Her mother, 17-year-old Katelynn Strate, was seven months pregnant when she was shot by a driver in a road rage incident earlier that day, police say. The baby was delivered via emergency C-section, while her mother was treated in the critical care unit.

Days later, police announced Katelynn had died as a “donor hero.”

“Today, her generosity will save lives, and we are immensely proud of her for that final act of kindness,” Katelynn’s family said in a statement shared by fa

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