On October 23, 2016, while outside carving pumpkins in the yard at their upstate New York home, a tree limb suddenly snapped and fell in a split second, causing serious injury to Ellee and Langlee, daughters of Judy and Sidney Ko.

The girls were rushed to the Children's Hospital in Westchester, Langlee by helicopter and Ellee by ambulance.

Ellee suffered a broken femur and has been placed in a half body cast to help stabilize and heal that bone. She has been discharged and is staying at