Neighborhood Alert!!Fire leaves Bryan family in need: Mom struggles to recover, and provide for 4 children
By MICHELLE CASADY | michelle.casady@theeagle.com
[SOURCE: see photo here] Eagle photo/Stuart Villanueva: Stephanie Oldham and her daughter Vannessa Herrera stand in the burned bedroom of their Bryan apartment Friday.
Nearly two months ago, Stephanie Oldham, a single mother of four, was involved in a car accident. Her vehicle was totaled.
On April 19, Oldham's apartment caught fire.
Everything she owned was destroyed.
"With all the water, smoke and fire damage, I really can't salvage anything from my old apartment," the 25-year-old said.
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Oldham is hoping donations from the community will help her and her four children recover from the fire.
She was at work when the fire broke out in her apartment on Cypress Bend Circle in Bryan. Her neighbors upstairs were watching her children.
"They were actually the ones who called the Fire Department," she said. "They thought it was their apartment on fire because of how much smoke there was, and they could feel the heat on the floor."
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Oldham said she's most worried about providing for her children: Vannessa, 7; Braulio, 5; Damion, 3; and Nathaniel, 18 months.
"I really don't need anything for me," she said. "The Red Cross gave me money for clothes, and I spent it on the kids. I just need things for the kids."
She can use anything, she said.
Her children don't have beds or toys, and her apartment is unfurnished. She has to start over, she said.
But what she does have, she said, she can't replace.
"I can get new things. I can replace clothes," she said. "I can't replace my children. I'm just so thankful that none of them were hurt. I'm just so thankful." (Retrieved Excerpts by PD)
Anyone interested in donating money, clothing, furnishings or other things can call 979- 402-4878.
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I don't have all of the information on this disastrous story. One of my thoughts is about the father of the children. Does he fit in or is he also part of the disasters?
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