Nathan and his wife only had photos of Sophia with tubes (Picture: © Nathan Steffel)

A grieving father took to the internet with a simple request to honour his baby daughter – and soon found himself overwhelmed with the response.

Nathan Steffel asked Reddit users if they’d be able to Photoshop out the hospital tubes from an image of his baby daughter Sophia, who recently passed away after suffering from a hepatic hemangioma in her liver.

He explained his family had only been able to get photos of her with the tubes in because she had never been well enough to leave hospital.

And the results are utterly heart-warming.


(Picture: © Nathan Steffel)

He was inundated with images from total strangers who wanted to reach out and help him in his hour of need.



He said: ‘This is really amazing. Everyone you have made my day. All I wanted was a nice picture. What I received was a lot of love and support from a bunch of strangers. A long with a lot of great photos, drawings and paintings. Thanks everyone!’

(Picture: © Nathan Steffel)

Turns out the world is a pretty great place after all.

Nathan admitted that he and his wife were aware of Sophia’s health conditions before she was born, but they were unaware just how bad it would get.

She was on a waiting list for a new liver, but sadly passed away before a donor could be found.

(Picture: © Nathan Steffel)

(Picture: © Nathan Steffel)

(Picture: © Nathan Steffel)

(Picture: © Nathan Steffel)

(Picture: © Nathan Steffel)