Joel Shaw was just 11 when he lost his tragic battle against cancer on the exact same day his mum, Julie, had died in a drowning accident six years before.
His devastated dad, Dave, believes his late wife, who ws just 34 when she tragically drowned, planned her son's final days from heaven and that she is now "looking after him".
Dad-of-three Dave said: “Everything was exactly the same, down to the day and the date, Saturday, February 8. Even the weather was the same; stormy and windy. “Joel had a white coffin, just the same as his mum’s and his funeral was held at the same place. “I don’t feel the date was a co-incidence at all. “I think Julie was looking down on her baby, and she wanted him with her.
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