Priceless memory saved from house fire
Priceless memory saved from house fire
The ring of Michelle Mockbee, a Northern Kentucky woman who was killed in 2012, was recovered from a house fire.
A PRICELESS MEMORY - SAVEDFROM A NORTHERN KENTUCKY HOUSEFIRE.THIS RING MEANS MORE THANPERHAPS MOST ...TO MICHELLEMOCKBEE'S FAMILY ... IT'S ONEOF THE FEW THINGS THEY CANTOUCH THAT WAS HERS.WCPO 9NEWS ANCHOR EVAN MILLWARD ...WITH HOW IT WAS ALMOST LOST.When I came in, I thought Isaw fire here and over on mybed and around this area.ONEWEEK AGO - SUNDAY NIGHT -CARLI MOCKBEE OPENED THE DOORTO FIRE IN HERROOM.
Here's the candle...FIREMOVED FROM THE CANDLE INTO THEWALLS.
My dad got it with thefire extinguisher but it wasalready in the walls at thatpoint.CREATING PROJECTILES INTHESTAIRWELL So this is ahairpsray can that shotthrough my wall.THERE WEREPRECIOUS MEMORIES CARLI'SROOM.We found my mom's frameover thereHER MOM - SMILING INTHIS PICTURE - IS MICHELLEMOCKBEE.THIS FAMILY HAS BEENTHROUGH SO MUCH.A COWORKERKILLED MOCKBEE IN MAY 20-12 ATTHERMO FISCHER SCIENTIFIC INBOONECOUNTY.
Our lives will neverbe the sameTHERE WERE TWOTRIALS - TWO GUILTY VERDICTS,MOST RECENTLY LAST YEAR.MICHELLE'S DAUGHTERS ANDHUSBAND DAN LIVE WITH HER MOMIN FORT MITCHELL.AND NOW -THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIRHOUSE.HOLES - BUBBLED PAINT -INSULATION.THE SMOKE DETECTOR- MELTED.DAMAGEEVERYWHERE.
We have to replacepretty much all of the floorsin the house because the waterwent through to the basementAMONG WHAT THE FAMILY COULDSALVAGE ARE THESE PHOTOS -SOME OF MICHELLE.AND THEYFOUND THIS -- HER PINKSAPPHIRE RING THEY'VE KEPT ALLTHESE YEARS - HER SISTERS ANDMOM HAVE ONES THAT MATCH.CARLIINHERITED MICHELLE'S.IT'SALREADY CLEANED UP WELL.THEREIS A GOFUNDME PAGE SET UP NOWTO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THEMOCKBEE AND WHALEN FAMILY.DAMAGES ARE STILL BEING FIGUEDOUT.BUT THEY HOPE TO BE ABLETO MOVE BACK IN AT SOME POINT.
