{"id":2586,"date":"2025-04-25T06:26:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2025-04-25T06:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:26:56","slug":"maggie-dunns-mother-responds-to-john-fosters-idol-tribute-an-emotional-message-that-says-it-all-what-really-happened-to-maggie-dunn-and-caroline-gill-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Dunn\u2019s mother responds to John Foster\u2019s \u201cIdol\u201d tribute \u2014 an emotional message that says it all what really happened to Maggie Dunn and Caroline Gill the tragedy behind the song that left everyone in tears on American Idol"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Idol<\/em>\u00a0Contestant John Foster Plays Original Song<\/h2>\n<p>John Foster, a Louisiana native and LSU student studying to be an oncologist, recently made it to the top 14 on\u00a0<em>American Idol.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>During his Top 20 performance, Foster took the opportunity to share an original song he wrote only days after his friend passed in 2022. The song is titled \u201cTell That Angel I Love Her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em>L&amp;M Star Productions,<\/em>\u00a0Foster said,<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI wrote this for the two sweet angels that were tragically taken from us on New Year\u2019s Eve. Maggie was one of my best friends and Caroline was a good friend of mine who I regret not knowing even more. Until we meet again. So much love to everyone.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The song narrates a tale of someone who has lost a loved one and is pleading with God to convey their love for them. Some of the lyrics of the song are,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cEach tear that falls on my guitar<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Is a hug from afar<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lord, won\u2019t you tell that angel I love her?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>As y\u2019all live in the stars\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Watch his performance below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Foster Sings &quot;Tell That Angel I Love Her&quot; | American Idol 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Thmaz_LMKjo\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<h2>Maggie Dunn\u2019s Mother Responds To John Foster\u2019s\u00a0<em>Idol\u00a0<\/em>Performance<\/h2>\n<p>After Foster\u2019s performance, he pointed to the audience where Maggie Dunn\u2019s mother, Erin Martin, stood. With a glimmer of tears in her eyes, she raised her hands to her heart as she took in the moving moment.<\/p>\n<p>Later, in an interview with\u00a0<em>WBRZ<\/em>, Martin shared her reaction to the tearjerking performance. She said,\u00a0<em>\u201cMy heart just melted.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Martin\u00a0shared that\u00a0the two became friends<em>\u00a0\u201cin middle school.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>She even shared a photo of Maggie Dunn attending Foster\u2019s first \u201cgig,\u201d where he was wearing the same hat he wore during his idol tribute to the teen girl.<\/p>\n<p>She continued on to say,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cFor John Foster to make the song at all and then to perform it, it\u2019s an example, a tangible example of the light and love that Maggie left behind.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although Foster can not return Maggie Dunn to her mother, he was able to shine a light on her story. Now, Martin hopes that this attention will help save a future mother from experiencing her pain.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cFor a minute, those millions of people were thinking about my child. My hope is that those people will see that and they\u2019ll read more about her story. Maybe one of those people is someone who has the power to effect change when it comes to police pursuit policy.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"'My heart just melted': Mother of teen killed in Brusly crash reacts to American Idol tribute\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xoONYdvsLe0\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>What Happened To Maggie Dunn And Caroline Gill?<\/h2>\n<p>Erin Martin is passionate about reformation in the police force because Maggie Dunn, 17, and Caroline Gill, 16, were killed by a police officer who ran a red light in pursuit of a fugitive.<\/p>\n<p>Addis Police Officer David Cauthron\u00a0ran a red light during a high-speed chase and collided with the teen\u2019s car. The two girls passed away, and Maggie Dunn\u2019s brother, Liam, was hospitalized but ultimately survived. The crash occurred on New Year\u2019s Eve 2022.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em>WBRZ,\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cDavid Cauthron, 42, was sentenced to 32 years in prison, with 22 years suspended, after he ran a red light while chasing a suspect and crashed into a car, killing Brusly High students\u2026 WBRZ reported that Cauthron was driving 86 mph and never hit the brakes before the crash.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This means that the police officer will serve 10 years in prison and then is\u00a0required to\u00a0<em>\u201cspeak to law enforcement and schools about his actions to hopefully prevent something similar from happening in the future.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our hearts go out to all those affected by this tragedy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid037GEZu6ELnub94v3ve8ap1Te4UE1cZrSpBq2Kq21yqjSGBje4CCBf8mKLZrQ6RR4sl%26id%3D100064902031874&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"500\" data-origheight=\"250\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idol\u00a0Contestant John Foster Plays Original Song John Foster, a Louisiana native and LSU student studying to be an oncologist, recently made it to the top 14 on\u00a0American&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}