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   A 13-year-old girl has been in the hospital for over two weeks   
   after suffering third-degree burns while apparently attempting   
   to imitate a video she saw on social media, said her family, who   
   are speaking out in case they can help prevent it from happening   
   to someone else.   
      
   Destini Crane, of Portland, Oregon, severely burned her neck and   
   right arm and has had to undergo three skin-grafting surgeries   
   after her family believes she was trying to copy a video on the   
   popular video app TikTok.   
      
   The incident happened on May 13 in their home's bathroom, her   
   sister, Andrea Crane, told ABC News. Destini is currently unable   
   to speak to tell them what happened. But based on what they   
   found in the bathroom and after talking to her friends, they   
   believe the seventh grader -- who "lived for TikToks," her   
   mother said -- was trying to copy a TikTok video in which   
   someone draws a shape using a flammable liquid on a mirror and   
   then lights it on fire.   
      
   Destini brought into the bathroom a candle, lighter and bottle   
   of rubbing alcohol, which they believe exploded in the poorly   
   ventilated space, setting her and other items on fire, her   
   sister said. When they retrieved Destini's phone, TikTok was   
   still recording video, her mother, Kimberly Crane, told ABC News.   
      
   PHOTO: Destini Crane in an undated photo.   
   Courtesy Kimberly Crane   
   Courtesy Kimberly Crane   
   Destini Crane in an undated photo.   
   "I was in the living room talking with my mom, and I heard her   
   scream my name," Kimberly Crane recalled. "So I went and opened   
   the bathroom door and everything was on fire. Destini was on   
   fire. Things in the bathroom were on fire."   
      
   Kimberly Crane brought her daughter outside and ultimately   
   pulled her burning shirt off, she said. A neighbor had called   
   911.   
      
   MORE: Mother speaks out after daughter attempts 'fire   
   challenge': She was 'in flames from her knees to her hair'   
   Destini has been in the intensive care unit ever since, and her   
   family is hoping she will be able to move to the burn unit soon   
   for further care. She will likely need several more months to   
   recover, including inpatient rehabilitation to regain use of her   
   arm and mobility in her neck, shoulders and fingers, her sister   
   said.   
      
   "Because of the burns she's going to have limited mobility,"   
   Andrea Crane said. "That is just going to be a lifelong thing,   
   of her doing physical therapy to keep her mobility."   
      
   PHOTO: : Destini Crane, 13, was hospitalized with third-degree   
   burns after apparently attempting to imitate a TikTok video,   
   said her family, who now want to warn others about what happened   
   to her.   
   Courtesy Kimberly Crane   
   Courtesy Kimberly Crane   
   Destini Crane, 13, was hospitalized with third-degree burns   
   after apparently attempting to imitat...Read More   
   Destini has been on pain medication, her family said, and they   
   believe she knows she is in the hospital but doesn't fully   
   comprehend what happened to her.   
      
   "I know that when she wakes up and fully understands, she's   
   probably going to freak out," her mother said. "But honestly I   
   think that she's strong enough to get through it."   
      
   The family has said their church and Destini's school have been   
   supportive since the incident happened. Andrea Crane, a student   
   at Western Oregon University in Monmouth, has also moved back   
   home to help care for her sister, who loves to skateboard and   
   play the online game Roblox.   
      
   "We've always been our unit," she said. "Being in Monmouth just   
   wasn't an option for me, with wanting to be here and my family   
   needing me."   
      
   PHOTO: Destini Crane with her mother, Kimberly Crane, in an   
   undated photo.   
   Courtesy Kimberly Crane   
   Courtesy Kimberly Crane   
   Destini Crane with her mother, Kimberly Crane, in an undated   
   photo.   
   The two are sharing their story to hopefully encourage other   
   families to be more present in children's social media use.   
      
   "I just wasn't present with her," Andrea Crane said. "When she   
   showed me TikToks and when she showed me what she was doing, I   
   would be like, 'Oh I'm busy,' or, 'I'm doing schoolwork.'"   
      
   "It's really important to be present with your children, because   
   we can monitor them, we have parental controls, we can do all   
   that all we want, but things slip through," she said. "And so   
   it's really important to be present with your children and have   
   that transparency of, 'Hey what are you into what? What are you   
   doing right now?'"   
      
   MORE: Warning for parents over new viral 'Fire Challenge'   
   The minimum age for TikTok is 13, according to the app's terms   
   of service.   
      
      
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