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Virginia Teacher, Family Lose Nearly Everything In Fast-Moving Fire Days Before School Starts
A Virginia teacher and her young family is starting the new school year in survival mode after a fast-moving fire tore through their apartment building, destroying nearly everything they own just days before classes begin.
Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12, Heather Bordelon Harbin was forced to evacuate with other residents in her building when lanscaping outside caught fire, likely due to a cigarette butt discarded into the bushes.
The flames rapidly spread to the rest of the home, working its way through the side of the building, to the ceiling, roof, and into the attic.
Harbin, who work…
‘Shining Light’: Maryland Teen, 19, Dies After Heart Attack, Sister Shares Painful Goodbye
A Maryland family is mourning the sudden loss of 19-year-old Diamond Catalan, who died after suffering a heart attack, and they are now asking for help to give her the farewell she deserves.
Catalan was more than a daughter, sister, and friend—she was a twin, “a shining light, and a source of love and laughter to everyone who knew her,” her family said.
Her spirit was described as vibrant, her heart pure, and her presence a blessing.
The teen’s obituary notes her life was “a gift we were lucky to have,” while her loved ones try to grapple with the unimaginable grief of losing her so …
NJ Synagogue Firebombed In 2012 Ravaged By Fire — Along With All 7 Torahs
Tragedy has struck yet again for a New Jersey synagogue targeted in a 2012 firebombing.
At approximately 2:45 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8, a blaze ripped through Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman and his wife, Bina's, Montross Avenue home and synagogue in Rutherford, where they've been since 2014.
The couple and four of their six children who were home at the time escaped "right in the nick of time," according to Bina's sister, Brocha Wilschanski. However, everything else was destroyed — including all seven Torahs.
"They're in shock, but they're well," Wilschanski said in a call with Daily Voice. "The al…
