ABOVE: Residents and family members pick through their belongings that were salvaged from a fire early Wednesday morning that gutted a two family house at 17 Grand St. in Norwalk. BELOW: Everyone experienced a rare, lighthearted moment as a woman pulled a Dominican flag and her rosary beads from the charred remains.
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Spot news, as we call it in the newspaper industry, is always a sensitive thing to cover. It’s not easy to arrive on a stranger’s front lawn and begin taking photographs as they pick through their lifelong belongings. Nestled in the dusty, dirty heap between the baseball card collection, motorcycle helmet and boxes of clothing was a framed photograph of a smiling couple on their wedding day. A reminder that everyone made it out safely, certainly something to be thankful for.
