Widow's baby monitor captures late husband soothing their son he never met

Millions around the world have been touched by the beautiful footage. Have your tissues ready! 

When Whitney Allen was 26 weeks pregnant with her second son, the unthinkable happened.

On the steps of the family home she shared with her beloved husband, Ryan, she watched in horror as he went into cardiac arrest.

The police officer had suffered a severe reaction to a bee sting and Whitney performed CPR until paramedics arrived.

But Ryan had been without oxygen for 20 minutes and suffered an anoxic brain injury. After six months bravely battling, Ryan passed away when the couple’s youngest boy, Leo, was just three months old.

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In the touching footage, it appears as if a hand is comforting Whitney's son. Source: TikTok/@whitneylynallen

"My late husband soothed our baby" 

Grappling with her grief while raising two young boys, Whitney channelled her energy into sharing her journey online to help others.

And in a touching video, which has now been viewed nearly seven million times, Whitney has shared how her late husband continues to watch over their family.

“My husband passed away on April 7, 2022,” Whitney captioned her viral TikTok video.

“Tonight I felt like I saw my husband soothing our baby. Chills…it literally looks like a hand is stroking/patting Leo’s head.”

In the footage, which you can view above, Whitney shows her little boy sleeping soundly on the baby monitor before a shadow that looks like a hand pats Leo’s head.

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Whitney's video has been viewed more than six million times. Source: TikTok/@whitneylynallen

"What a perfect guardian angel" 

Viewers were blown away by the touching moment.

“This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. Thank you for this,” wrote one person, while another added: “instant chills”.

“I never know what to believe, but this is just too beautiful not to believe,” someone else commented.

Another commented: “Goosebumps head to toe. I am so sorry for your loss but what a perfect guardian angel.”

“The fact that bubs opens his eyes, he feels his daddy, too,” wrote another.

Whitney is releasing a memoir, 'Running In Trauma Stilettos', in February 2023 which documents her journey with grief.

“After searching for anything that I could to truly relate to about the depths of my own trauma and grief and finding nothing that captured the horrific experience in an authentic way, I decided after my late husband died to write a memoir about our family’s experience,” she said.

You can follow Whitney here. 

Originally published as Widow's baby monitor captures late husband soothing their son he never met