Posted on 04/12/2004 4:19:49 AM PDT by gieriscm
Family With 10 Children Fled Burning Lovettsville Home as Practiced
As flames engulfed their three-story Lovettsville home early Wednesday morning, the Mason family's 10 children worked methodically to get one another to safety...
In the emergency, each child followed an intricate and well-rehearsed fire safety plan, and authorities credited that strategy with saving their lives this week...
By the time firefighters arrived, the entire Mason family was waiting, safely assembled at the family's prearranged meeting place...
"Knowing how to behave in a fire saved the lives of at least several of my children," he said.
The family, which has been staying with friends, is trying to move forward. All 10 children were home-schooled, and he said an extensive library for their education was among the family's most painful losses.
Donations to help the family can be made to the Mason Fire Fund at BB&T Bank, 7 E. Broad Way, Lovettsville, Va. 20180.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Also it goes to show the value of having a fire-escape plan - and practicing it. This could have been so much worse.
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