They Find Drowning Babies. As A Step?

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Twins Elyssa and Elijah Orejuela would be two years old in August. Babies failed to celebrate their second birthday due to a tragedy that has touched many. The brothers were found unconscious in a swimming pool in the courtyard of their Om Baby nursery and died soon after. “Our family is in the process of healing and we don't want anyone to get the wrong impression of us. Right now we are just trying to let our children rest in peace and honor them. We thank you all for the compassion you have shown us,”the twins' mother, Amelia Wieand, wrote to People en Español, who declined to comment further at this time of mourning."It means a lot to us to know that our babies have touched so many people."

PEOPLE confirmed that the daycare had a history of complaints and two months before the twins died, he was ordered to stop operating because he was not licensed. Elijah and Elyssa were found Friday at around 10 am in the nursery pool that was operated at a home in Knoxville. According to the Knox County Sheriff's Office, a daycare worker went looking for the twins after another boy arrived and found them unconscious in the deep end of the pool.

The children are reported to have been rushed to East Tennessee Children's Hospital, where Elyssa died the same day. Elijah was hooked up to a life support machine and died two days later according to the local WFMY channel. After much pain, Elijah has left with his sister Elyssa. They formed together in my womb and came into the world together,”Wieand told the Knoxville News Sentinel newspaper. Both children were extremely strong. She was his other half. They were soulmates and were never separated. Even in death they were together.”

Wieand added that Elijah's organs had been donated. "I will never understand this and I am not sure how to live with this pain," said the mother. "But to prevent another family from going through this immeasurable pain, Elijah today became a superhero."

A GoFundMe account was created by the family to help them pay for medical costs and funeral expenses. So far $ 33,000 has been raised. PEOPLE attempted to contact the daycare employees or its owner, Jennifer Salley, but have not responded.