Two pit bulls which killed two children and mauled their mother have been euthanised.
Kirstie Jane Bennard, 30, reportedly fought the dogs, Mia and Cheech, for 10 minutes as they attacked her children five-month-old Hollace Dean Bennard and Lilly Jane Bennard, two, in the family home.
The pit bulls were a part of the family for eight years without any violent incidents but the mauling on Wednesday killed the baby and toddler.
And now the dogs have been euthanised, police near Memphis, Tennessee said.
Kirstie Jane was rushed to hospital in a critical condition but she is now stable.
Her husband of five years, Colby, who manages a Harley-Davidson dealership in Memphis, was unharmed.
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Speaking to Fox News, Kirstie's best friend Kelsey Gallini said: "That attack lasted longer than any one of us could have ever imagined.
"I can promise you those children were her world, and if there was any inkling of danger, she would have never had those dogs near her kids.
"Those children were everything to them, and they just have a really long journey ahead."
Kirstie's in-law Jeff Gibson said in a Facebook post that the attack lasted "10 minutes" and "she never gave up trying to save these babies."
Gibson also revealed the mother-of-two has an "uncountable amount of stitches and bite marks over her entire body, including her face" and that both her "arms and legs are bandaged/wrapped up completely."
Gibson, who called the mother a "f**king hero," said her injuries won't cause "any permanent damage, other than a heart that will never heal."
The two small children "worshipped each other," according to Ms Gallini.
"They were perfect, they were beautiful," she told Fox.
The children's autopsies are still pending, Fox News reported.
A family friend started a GoFundMe page for the family to help them "get back on their feet." It has raised almost $29,000 (£26,000) in one day, surpassing the $20,000 (£18,000) goal, which has been raised at least twice already.
