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UPDATE: Found Dead A father’s desperate search for family after TN wildfires
Posted on 11/30/16 at 10:31 am
Posted on 11/30/16 at 10:31 am
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I couldn't imagine being in his situation.
Found dead
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Reed said he was separated from his wife and daughters after he and his son — 15-year-old Nicholas — drove away from their home to see if the fire was approaching. By the time they tried to turn around, it was too late — the pair were stuck in traffic and later blocked by authorities.
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“When we finally made our way back into Gatlinburg to try to get to her, all of Wiley Oakley was gone,” said Reed, referring to his street. “It was completely on fire.”
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Reed feared it would take nothing less to return his family after fast-moving fires Monday evening tore through his neighborhood just outside the mountainous resort town of Gatlinburg, Tenn., separating the heartbroken father from those he cares about most. A torturous night had passed and still, Reed told ABC affiliate WATE, there was no sign of his wife, Constance, or the couple’s two daughters — 9-year-old Lily and 12-year-old Chloe. Reed told the station that he was “just hoping for a miracle.”
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Reed said he had last spoken to his wife at 8:15 p.m. Monday and she told him she could see flames across the street from the family’s home and she didn’t know what to do. “I told her to call 911 and get out, and that was the last time I talked to her,” Reed told WATE.
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He told WATE that his home was engulfed in flames, but he believes he saw signs that his family had escaped.
Reed told the Knoxville News Sentinel that he and his son were eventually evacuated to LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge.
“We were told that they would be busing people here, and I have been here since last night waiting,” he told the paper.
I couldn't imagine being in his situation.
Found dead
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 10:35 am to ForeverLSU02
Awful. That's a terrible fire
Posted on 11/30/16 at 10:37 am to ForeverLSU02
Did they need to drive away to find out? There was a mandatory evacuation.
I feel for the guy, but that was a serious mistake.
I feel for the guy, but that was a serious mistake.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 10:47 am to BranchDawg
Not sure, was the evacuation in effect at that point?
In some of the videos people are talking about how they really couldn't tell how much danger they were in up to the point they left, and that the news coverage wasn't really helping.
So while I think it probably would have made sense to put everyone in the car, I can see a situation where the dad and son are trying to gauge the situation around them in lieu of any good reports from media and law enforcement.
In some of the videos people are talking about how they really couldn't tell how much danger they were in up to the point they left, and that the news coverage wasn't really helping.
So while I think it probably would have made sense to put everyone in the car, I can see a situation where the dad and son are trying to gauge the situation around them in lieu of any good reports from media and law enforcement.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:00 am to ForeverLSU02
I read about that this morning. Can't imagine what I would be doing. No way I could just sit and wait.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:01 am to ForeverLSU02
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the pair were stuck in traffic and later blocked by authorities.
If I were separated from my family in this situation, no authority would block me from going back to them. They would have to shoot me.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:08 am to ForeverLSU02
I feel terrible for the guy. I wonder what this means:
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but he believes he saw signs that his family had escaped.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:09 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
Yeah I was wondering that myself.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:17 am to ForeverLSU02
Hopefully they had another vehicle and it was gone.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:29 am to CootKilla
This is a major flaw showing now in the disaster planning that should have been done before this fire. At the 11:30 press conference there still is not a command center in place to handle people looking for loved ones. They need to really upgrade their preparedness because this could have been a huge tornado not a 100 year wildfire
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:34 am to crap4brain
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If I were separated from my family in this situation, no authority would block me from going back to them. They would have to shoot me.
same here... i dont know if this is going to have a happy ending unfortunatly. the evacuees are not that spread out like they were in a Katrina situation. Most everyone is in a couple locations right outside of town.
if they were alive i think they most likely would have found them by now
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 11:39 am
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:42 am to ForeverLSU02
Such a horrible situation but "authorities" would have to gun me down before I just turned around and left my wife and daughter.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:45 am to Pettifogger
Evacuation was 9.5 hrs prior
Sorry but they told you to get out
Sorry but they told you to get out
Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:47 am to Cracker
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Evacuation was 9.5 hrs prior Sorry but they told you to get out
i dont think that's accurate. from all accounts i've heard, the evacuation orders were being communicated to residents up until the very last minute and whiley oakley is WAY up in the mountain. not anywhere near the main drag/center of gatlinburg, etc
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 11:48 am
Posted on 11/30/16 at 12:44 pm to crap4brain
There isn't a single person in the world I wouldn't mow down to get back to my family. frick everybody else
Posted on 11/30/16 at 12:51 pm to gmrkr5
You are correct The mandatory evacuation was 3 hrs prior
Posted on 11/30/16 at 1:14 pm to Cracker
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The mandatory evacuation was 3 hrs prior
I feel for the guy and agree with everyone in this thread, but I've come to learn that when there is a mandatory evacuation and you have family involved there is no reason to mess around. Get out and deal with it later. Why would you go see where it is? If that's even a possibility, just leave.
ETA: There's only been 3 deaths reported so far right? I'm assuming they are planning on finding a lot more once the burned down homes and buildings can be searched?
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 11/30/16 at 1:22 pm to CootKilla
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Hopefully they had another vehicle and it was gone.
In interviews yesterday they said that he and his son took their only vehicle. His wife called him and said that the fire was across the street from their house. He told her to hang up and call 911 and he would head straight back. That's the last time he heard from her or their daughters.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 1:25 pm to madmaxvol
Hope to get some resolution on this story.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 1:30 pm to Cracker
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Evacuation was 9.5 hrs prior Sorry but they told you to get out
Go frick yourself a-hole.
My friends are in the hospital bc the fricking idiots issuing evacuations didn't let anyone know until it was too late. Three brothers and now their parents are missing. All in a cabin on a thanksgiving vacation. Not from the area.
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