Earlier this week, we informed you the heartbreaking story of an Arkansas lady mourning the lack of her wheelchair-bound relations – father, Anthony Mitchell, and step-brother Justin Mitchell – who had been killed within the Eaton Hearth in Southern California. Now, Anthony’s son Jordan Mitchell, who lived with and cared for his father and brother, is talking out concerning the lack of his closest family members and their Altadena residence.
In an interview with Los Angeles CBS affiliate KCAL, Jordan says he by no means left residence with out ensuring there was a caretaker for his dad, who has been wheelchair-bound for a 12 months after his leg was amputated, and his brother, who lives with cerebral palsy.
However when the fires erupted of their Altadena neighborhood on Jan. 8, Jordan was within the hospital attributable to medical problems with his personal and unable to assist.
“That’s my worst nightmare — that I wouldn’t be residence, I wouldn’t be round them, and one thing would occur and somebody [gets] damage,” he mentioned.
Jordan mentioned his father referred to as 911 when the fires began to ask for assist evacuating his residence, however emergency personnel couldn’t get to his residence in time. After ready practically twelve hours for assist to reach, Anthony and his son tragically died within the hearth, as KCAL studies.
“His final phrases had been ‘assist us,’” Jordan mentioned. “He was attempting to get him and my brother out of right here.”
Now, Jordan, who resides with relations, says he’s indignant that nobody was capable of save his dad and brother and is attempting to boost cash to rebuild the house his household has lived in for many years.
“Out of my rapid household, I’m the one one left,” he mentioned. “Nobody deserves that, particularly not my dad and brother.”