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Ben McCarty and his wife, who live in the home that was hit, said they felt heat all around them after being woken up by an explosion.“All I could see was fire. The roof of the house was still on fire. You could see the night sky from our living room,” McCarty, who has served in the Navy for 13 years,
Flames blocked many of the exits so they grabbed their children and dogs and ran out the back but the burning debris blocked the gate so neighbors helped them climb over the fence to escape.“We got the kids over the fence and then I jumped over the fence. They brought a ladder and we got the dogs,” McCarty said.Meanwhile, fiery jet fuel rolled down the block igniting everything in its path from trees to plastic trash containers to car after car.
McCarty’s home was the only one destroyed, though another 10 residences suffered damage, authorities said.McCarty said his family used to enjoy living under the flight path so they could watch the planes pass overhead.
“Us and our kids would sit on our front porch and we’d look up and my sons would always be excited saying ‘plane plane’ watching the planes go by and ironically right where we were sitting is where that plane hit,” McCarty said.
Now, he wants to move.to illustrate to the team that the foundation is being built and that the roots are growing.
“Think about that time ... when he talked about the flower,” Maliata said. “Now I just want to give him his flowers. He’s done a phenomenal job. A phenomenal job building the culture of this locker room. Was it a multi-year contract? Does anyone know what it was worth?”If anyone does, they’re not saying.
Hurts and Brown were two prominent Eagles who declinedfor the team to celebrate its championship with a White House visit. Saquon Barkley led the bulk of Eagles who made the trip to Washington on April 28.