Emilie Kiserthe influencer 27-year-old American, used to show him his daily life as madre of two children to his 5.2 million followers on TikTok. A year ago he experienced the worst moment of his life: his firstborn, Triggthree years old, drowned in the pool of his house y fdied six days later.
The tragic domestic accident occurred on May 12, 2025 on the property in Arizona, United States, where the young woman lived with her husband Brady and their two young children: Trigg, 3 and Teddyher baby who is only five weeks old.
The shock on social networks and the media repercussions were immediate, but at that time the TikToker asked for respect and privacy to be able to go through the mourning with her family.
Only now, a year later, was he able to put into words what happened in an honest and emotional interview on the podcast On Purpose with Jay Shettyavailable on YouTube.
Just five weeks ago Emilie had given birth to her second child, Teddy, and had shared the news with her virtual community. They were very busy days for the family, in full adaptation to the arrival of the new member of the family.
Many of her videos showed Trigg’s budding relationship with her little brother and how they had changed routines with her husband to help each other in the caring for your newborn child.
«That night, I was five weeks pregnant. postpartum and I went out to dinner with my friends, but about 10 minutes after arriving I received a call from my husband, telling me that our son Trigg had fallen into the pool and was not breathing.«, he said with eyes full of tears in his recent appearance on Shetty’s podcast.
«I could hear his pain and the confusion in his voice. I knew immediately, before he even said anything, that something was wrong. So I ran to the hospital to be by my son’s side and our life changed completely that day,» she recalled sadly.
His son was taken by medical helicopter to a clinic after being rescued from the water unconscious in critical condition. Trigg was admitted to intensive care for the next six days and died on May 18, 2025.
«Our whole world fell apart. When your child dies in a preventable tragedy, in a preventable accident, all you can think about is: where did I go wrong, where did we go wrong, how did it happen and why did this happen?«Emilie acknowledged.
«That’s in your head 24 hours a day, a spiral of questions where everything is guilt and desolation,» he described. «My husband was looking after our five-week-old baby, thawing my breast milk, trying to calm him down when Trigg snuck into the pool without him noticing,» she revealed.
«There really isn’t an answer and there never will be an answer to why our son isn’t here. But it happened because we didn’t take the necessary precautions. I’m a very logical, fact-based person, and we should have protected it better«He expressed while trying to contain his tears.
And he continued: «There is no way to describe to someone what it feels like to lose a child. I received a lot of support from my community, but also a lot of harsh messages that made me relive this tragedy and feel even worse.»
In the midst of that inconceivable pain at the loss of her son, there were those who dared to judge her motherhood. Some asked her why she had not been at home when the accident occurred and others told her that she should not have gone to dinner with friends as a mother of a baby who was just over a month old.
In that reprehensible context of inconsiderate virtual opinion, the influencer sought professional help, attended therapy with her husband and asked her family for help to continue raising little Teddy.
Emilie Kiser: «I forgave my husband and if it had happened to me, I would want him to do the same with me»
«I found myself in a situation where a lot of people told me, ‘I could never forgive my husband, I could never stay married to him,'» she explained. And he admitted: «I went through all the emotions and there was a moment when I felt very angry with him and I doubted if I would be able to forgive him.«.
He assured that one of the keys to staying united was allowing each other to go through all the feelings and being honest about it. «I was able to express everything I felt throughout the process, even the worst thoughts,» he said.
«What altered my brain chemistry and the way I thought about it was realizing that this could have happened to me toowhich yes, it could have been me in Brady’s place because all parents have minimal moments of distraction, the famous phrase of ‘I stopped looking at him for a second,'» he reflected.
She imagined her husband searching for their oldest son throughout the house while holding the baby in his arms and the horror and despair he felt when he discovered that he was unconscious in the pool. Calling the emergency services in shock, holding her other baby in her arms, all in a succession of minutes that are fleeting and eternal at the same time.
That anger, little by little, and with a lot of therapy, was transformed into empathy towards the father of her two children. «I forgave him because if it had happened to me, I would want him to do the same with me and understand that it was never my intention for this to happen,» he said.
«He never made me feel bad for anything I felt or for the things I thought. I am very proud of us, because although our pain separated us a lot, we do everything possible to grieve together, remembering that the only thing we have is what we have experienced together, that We are the only two people who know how much we love him and miss our son every day.«, he stated.
She promised herself to take care of herself again to give little Teddy the best life possible. «We focus on him, on that Teddy will never have the parents he had before, because his parents lost a son and he lost a brother«he indicated.
«Please put fences around the pools and enroll your children in swimming»: Emily Kiser’s plea
In the message he shared within the framework of the first anniversary of his son’s death, he focused on giving prevention recommendations so that other families never go through a similar situation.
«On a day like today, a year ago, a day that seemed completely normal turned into the worst day of my life: the day Trigg drowned. Drowning is the leading cause of death in children ages 1 to 4 in the United States, so I know very well that my son’s case is not the only one,» he lamented.
«Put fences in the pool, not an automatic cover or a net, safe fences, because I have already been there, I have already made that decision and there is not a single second in which I do not regret not having been more cautious,» she lamented.
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«Add alarms near the pool, additional locks and automatic closures to the doors so that children do not access dangerous spaces without supervision,» he recommended.
«The horror that happened to us is preventableso please, if you have small children and a pool, secure them. Register them in swimming classes as soon as their pediatrician authorizes them so that they have the necessary resources and in case of an emergency they have more time until they are rescued. Protect your children,» he pleaded with his community.
