‘These are people’s lives, this is their home. They’re concerned about everything from a wallet or a phone … to where are their babies going to get formula’
Fire swept a hotel apartment building that provides transitional housing for the poor in downtown Minneapolis early on Wednesday, leaving about 250 people homeless on Christmas morning, city officials said.
I am blown away by the spirit of Christmas in downtown Minneapolis today. Hundreds of people have come by to drop off donations to help the 250 people now without a home after a fire early this morning. pic.twitter.com/ibV3E9d930 “I would estimate that the building is going to be a total loss,” assistant fire chief Bryan Tyner told Minnesota Public Radio News.
— Mayor Jacob Frey December 25, 2019“These are people’s lives, this is their home. They’re concerned about everything from a wallet or a phone so they can get in touch with a loved one on Christmas, to where are their babies going to get formula,” Frey said, choking up with emotion.
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