JC Stevens
06-14-2013, 04:04 PM
A couple of years ago I had lunch with a man I use to work with before I retired. He knew I collect coins and said I have something for you and handed me a hand full of wheat cents. The next time we had lunch I gave him in return one of the coins from my collection. It was a simple 1951-D that I pulled from my BIE album.
That coin was lost for ever in the Black Forest Fire in Colorado that started this week. The man who was out of the country at the time lost his home in the fire.
I had emailed him Tuesday just after the fire started and told him about the fire. The return email said not to worry the fire was about five miles Northwest of his house. Later in the day I called his wife to check on her and to tell her the fire was heading her way and to ask if she want help. She no that she didn't think it would make it that far, but had put some pictures and important papers in the car just in case. An later from my scanner I could tell things were getting bad. I called the lady back to tell her to leave NOW!! She said was leaving and the Sheriff had just pull down her driveway and told her to get out. It was 5 hours later before I found out she made it out ok with her two cats and the other items in her car. That all she was able to save. They lost everything.
Next week I hope to meet with him over lunch and replace one of the things they lost with this BIE.
6/15/2013 Added Link to fire images from Denver Post Newspaper.
http://photos.denverpost.com/2013/06/12/photos-aerial-photos-of-the-black-forest-fire/#1
That coin was lost for ever in the Black Forest Fire in Colorado that started this week. The man who was out of the country at the time lost his home in the fire.
I had emailed him Tuesday just after the fire started and told him about the fire. The return email said not to worry the fire was about five miles Northwest of his house. Later in the day I called his wife to check on her and to tell her the fire was heading her way and to ask if she want help. She no that she didn't think it would make it that far, but had put some pictures and important papers in the car just in case. An later from my scanner I could tell things were getting bad. I called the lady back to tell her to leave NOW!! She said was leaving and the Sheriff had just pull down her driveway and told her to get out. It was 5 hours later before I found out she made it out ok with her two cats and the other items in her car. That all she was able to save. They lost everything.
Next week I hope to meet with him over lunch and replace one of the things they lost with this BIE.
6/15/2013 Added Link to fire images from Denver Post Newspaper.
http://photos.denverpost.com/2013/06/12/photos-aerial-photos-of-the-black-forest-fire/#1