Fire victims face deadline to get items out of King Towers apartments
Residents have to remove everything from burned building
There seem to be no easy moments two months after the King Towers fire that claimed the life of a Cincinnati firefighter.
Residents who had their apartment complex damaged by fire haven't had much chance to get to their belongings since the March 26 fire that killed Daryl Gordon.
Some were allowed to retrieve personal belongings in the days after the fire, but the time allowed was limited, and residents haven바카라 게임 웹사이트t been able to get inside at all this month.
Now they have to get everything out. Initially, residents faced a 3 p.m. deadline Wednesday, but management said they would try to work with them if they couldn't meet that time.
The aftermath has left displaced tenants scampering to salvage their belongings.
One woman told 바카라게임 온라인 바카라 게임 5바카라 게임 웹사이트s John London that she was waiting for friends to arrive to carry her furniture down from the third floor.
Another resident from the fifth floor said she's had plenty of low moments.
"Every time I come up here, it's that old bad feeling that, of not having a place when I've been here for, like, 25 years. And being out and not having a place to go is something that I never thought that I'd have to deal with,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Wanda Locklayer said.
Venica Evans said she lived in a third-floor unit. All of her clothes, shoes and her grandson's bed and toys were all still there.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t think all of it is going to be salvageable," she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트But, whatever I can get that is salvageable, I want it.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Three dozen residents were displaced, but so far only five have found new housing. The rest have been able to stay in a hotel at the complex owner바카라 게임 웹사이트s expense.
The Community Builders own the complex. TCB officials said it contracted with Housing Opportunities Unlimited to manage the move-out.
바카라 게임 웹사이트They바카라 게임 웹사이트re a business," community advocate Ann Boland said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It is good that this building get restored and get restored as soon as possible. But, to go almost a month without allowing residents access to their belongings, business or not, it바카라 게임 웹사이트s disgraceful.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Unsolicited help came Wednesday from neighbors in Madisonville, Kenwood, a Lutheran church, a consumer attorney and others.
Locklayer choked up Wednesday as she thanked one of the advocates for being there to help with transportation, water and moral support.
바카라 게임 웹사이트You stepped up and went way beyond, and my heart beats for you," Locklayer told Boland as she embraced her before moving her remaining items.
So far, only one of the 34 tenants has been placed in permanent housing. Four more are scheduled to move into new apartments next week.