Over the past week organizing the drive with the families, their strength and outlook in the face of this terrible event has been moving. In light of everything that has happened to them, they are positive, thankful that everyone is safe and they are very moved by all the support of the community.
Pat Pfaltzgraff (6398), Mary Kay & Chris (6396), and The Siddiqui family (6394) came to the drive to offer thanks and many friends and neighbors were happy to see them. With all the commotion of the past week it was good to spend some time getting to know them better. Mary Kay & Chris are engaged and were planning their wedding in July, for a moment they discussed postponing the wedding. But when they found their wedding bands in the rubble that was once their home, they took it as a sign to go forward with the big day. The Phaltzgraff's were at their son's T-Ball practice when the fire started so luckily their two little boys didn't have to experience the trauma of the fire. Pat is with the military and was stationed here while working on his graduate degree at George Washington and lost almost an entire year of work on his Thesis in the fire! Yet as Pat said, the loss of their beloved 9 year old dog, BB, puts the loss of 'things' into perspective. Frahana Siddiqui's son was kinda hoping that his school work could have been lost in the fire too, but luckily for his mom, most school work was saved.
WTOP & Washington Post radio and Fox Channel 5 both came out to interview Pat and Mary Kay & Chris to share their stories and report on the drive. Keep spreading the word about next Saturday!
With Fox News - Big thanks to our neighbor Jodi Duke for getting Fox News out to interview and report on the drive. Her sister Jennifer is a reporter for Fox News.
With WTOP
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