I woke up to the phone ringing telling me that my friends house had caught on fire around 2:30 this morning. The whole upstairs was gutted. The worst part was we could not find them!! The where taking to the local hospital then (we found out after searching for an hour!!) that my friend was flown via helicopter to a burn center and her 14yr old son and 2yr old grandson were taken to the same burn center via ambulance.
The 2yr old is fine but is staying the night for observation. The 14yr has some burns to his nose but he'll go home tomorrow too. My friend has burns on her face and is being treated for smoke inhalation. She'll be there a few more days.
I walked through her house after I came back from the hospital, It's really bad. I tried to salvage what I could for her. It's funny but the only thing the 14yr old asked about was his $100 Jordan sneakers he just bought Saturday

And guess what ..I found them!!! Unharmed!! They weren't even wet!! He's gonna be thrilled!
It really has stopped me in my tracks. Please everyone check your batteries in your smoke detectors..if you don't have them get them!!
I'm off now to buy some clothes for the little 2 yr old to wear home.
Kimba