@RepCummings staffer lost 6 of 9 kids in house fire this morning.

[riversedge]

so so horrible





https://twitter.com/EbonGoode/status/819645884459782145

Eboneezer Goode
?@EbonGoode

@aravosis please post: @RepCummings staffer lost 6 of 9 kids in house fire this morning.

[Cha]

1. ..

[sdfernando]

2. OH MY GOD! How horrible!

Peace and love to all involved...I can't imagine what they are going through.

[malaise]

3. That's awful

[elleng]

4. :-(

[annabanana]

5. Oh dear God

This is awful

[renate]

6. there just aren't words

How absolutely heartbreaking

[CrispyQ]

7. Heartbreaking.

[Glimmer of Hope]

8. Oh no. I thought it was just one child.

[LisaM]

9. This is just terrible. Terrible. One was a nine-month old baby.

http://www.wbal.com/article/213663/130/the-latest-fire-involved-congressmans-staffer-family

[KewlKat]

41. it looks like it started in the front.

How horrible for the family.

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Just horrible

[50 Shades Of Blue]

11. Damn

[Uponthegears]

12. . . .

[LeftInTX]

13. How sad

[smirkymonkey]

14. Heartbreaking.

[Hortensis]

15. Too dreadful to even hear about. I hope they are a

religious family so they can believe their children are already waiting for them in a better place.

[brer cat]

16. How horrid!

Poor babies.

[mcar]

17. Tragic

[Bettie]

18. OH how awful.

My heart goes out to the family.

Losing a child is the worst pain imaginable.

[malaise]

23. Imagine losing six

The mother is in critical condition - spare a thought for the father who was at work

[Bettie]

32. I can't imagine that.

Losing one was horrible enough. Losing six? I can't even imagine how either parent can function, except to hold tight to the ones they still have.

I do hope mom pulls through, those kids are going to need her and their dad and he's going to need her to get through this.

I am so sad for all of them.

[malaise]

33. The eight year old saved two others

Word is she was amazing - really sad

[gademocrat7]

19. Horrible tragedy.

[11 Bravo]

20. I watched the local news report. Elijah was devastated.

What an unimaginable tragedy. Currently one of the children who escaped appears to be doing well, but the mom and two other children are in critical condition.
Prayers.

[JoeOtterbein]

21. Too Close to home: I grew up about 5 miles from their house, where my parents also raised 9 children

I also heard that the husband was working as a cook when it happened. Years ago I worked as a cook at a place within walking distance.

So super sad.

[KamaAina]

22. A childhood friend knows them.

Oddly enough, my friend is a repuke.

[WePurrsevere]

24. Just heartbreaking

[uponit7771]

25. no words

[aintitfunny]

26. I've know Kate for years as an acquaintance

and we're friends on facebook. I have seen her family grow in the photo, and my heart is broken, though not as shattered as Kate's and Bill's and their extended family.

[MoonRiver]

27. Dear God

[colorado_ufo]

28. So, so sorry.

[Runningdawg]

29. .......

[democrank]

30. Heartbreaking

[lpbk2713]

31. I wish the surviving family members strength.

This kind of a loss would be too much to bear.

[FrankfurtCat]

34. This is heart-shattering...

...Can't even imagine.
Rest in Peace Sweet Angels
and Heal in Love and Peace

[Initech]

35. OMG. No words.

[spanone]

36. omg

[calimary]

37. OMG - so sad!

[Bradical79]

38. Horrible :-(

[3catwoman3]

39. No words, indeed.

Events like this are why I totally dispute the "everything happens for a reason" idea. What possible reason could there be for something like this?

[Feeling the Bern]

40. This is not good. I hope Cummings does the right thing by his staffer

On a very cynical side note, I wonder how long it will take before the other side, the deplorables, start celebrating this.

[Maru Kitteh]

42. Simply unimaginable.

[politicat]

43. Update, via Bmore Sun

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-fire-20170112-story.html

No cause, yet, but it appears to have started on the front porch. House built in 1910, so hot and fast. There is a Gofundme, if anyone wants to contribute.

That poor family.

[mnhtnbb]

44. Here is the gofundme link

https://www.gofundme.com/malone-housefire


What a horrible tragedy. I know--from personal experience--how fast and how hot a house fire can become. We lost our house to a fire that started
outside on a deck in 2007. Fortunately, I was awake at 4:30 am when it first got started. By the time the fire department got there--less than 5 minutes--
the house was so hot they had to back out and go defensive on it. It was an inferno in a matter of minutes.

My heart goes out to the parents and surviving children. Their lives will never be the same.

[a kennedy]

45. thanks for this info........