
Loving mother 62 lost everything now homeless
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On November 1st at approximately 430am I was sleeping on the couch in my mothers living room when I was jumped out of a deep sleep to loud rapid banging at the house door still half a sleep get up and say who but the banging suddenly stops and no one answers back i openand the door as it’s swinging over A cloud of black smoke rushes in I hear get out I know someone was standing in front of me but I can’t see anything I start to choke there’s nothing but black smoke and heat hitting me in the face I slammed the door my sisters best friend who had just got up behind me to see what’s going on yells at the same time be hide me as we run to the back room to wake up my mother 62 years old 10 -year-old nephew sister and in-law everyone get up fire fire mom he yells Joise everyone we gotta go now we are all in frantic Panic the house is already on fire everyone is up now except my nephew 10 years of age we can’t see a thing we can’t Breathe alex grabs my nephew out the bed we run back to the house door Opening it back up but it’s too late the fire is rising fumes are too strong the smoke is too much we can’t get up or down we can’t go through the staircase The sprinkler systems didn’t go off The emergency strobe lights that guide you in the hallway and also alerts FDNY never went off in the building we ran to the window to The fire escape only to realize that it’s jammed we struggle to finally get it open and everyone gets on the Fire escape by the time we make it down to the second floor the ladder does not work it’s broken we are stuck the streets are dead no one is outside and we’re screaming and yelling different things call 911 someone help The buildings on fire we are stuck please The firemen finally get there and are able to get my nephew off the fire escape and sister-in-law they wanted us to follow but my mother couldn’t make it down that way we would not leave her I bag him I grab the firefighters shirt please save my mom she can’t get over this way please save her we are not going down with out her I see my nephew and sister-in-law staring up at us crying we her them say everyone get back it’s gonna blow me my sista mother and best friend all looked at each other and said we are gonna die The fireman I grab busted through the Second floor and pulled my mom out I cried because I felt like I saw superman we are alive and thankful traumatized and suffering from PTSD cats got burned And smoke in the lugs broken back legs my mother was in the hospital for 3days also my sister and the rest of us from high carbon dioxide my mother lost everything in that apartment materialistic things mean nothing we have our life but all the memories of my sista who passed away from cancer in that house is gone my mother is still in shock constantly crying that she has no home or her new things that she’s is still paying off on credit Now burned in the house she can’t feel my sister spirit in the house anymore The cats expenses are $6000 This is the second fire my mother experience in her home The first one was back in 1983 Harlem fire only then she was much younger enable to start over now she is 62 The building was neglected and under a lot of violations section 8 is no help in relocating I am asking for help this lady is so strong caring and loving and always doing for others she has been through a lot of trauma in her life she had stage four cancer then Losing her daughter to the same cancer as well in that very house both her Brother and husband passed away two life-threatening fires almost losing hers life and her kids life yet again when Does she get a break when Anyone who knows my mother knows she is strong caring and loving woman who would give the shirt off her back to any one she doesn’t have to know you and she would never with all that she’s been through do what Iam doing right here make a go fund me or ask anyone for donations she would make the best out of it suck it up and troop it out and get through it but I am axing for help she’s much older now and also going through health issues and in fear of catching Covid now that she has to travel around the holidays are approaching I’m just trying to get her a home back together i’m axing friends families anyone to please help me help her hear this store and help her out guys I promise you the much younger Josie back in the days she would of got through it with no one knowing what’s going on with a smile like there was no struggle I love my mother with all my heart Im trying to give the best like she gave me anything at all could help out even re-sharing the link I want to help her start from scratch again she needs everything i’m trying to make things right for her for the holidays no one in the world deserves this but especially not this lady right here Big Josie we got you loving grandmother mother and friend
Organizer
Jolin Ortiz
Organizer
New York, NY