The final homes affected by the explosion in the Richmond Hill neighborhood were demolished, Friday, including the house which sits directly next to the epicenter of the blast.
The final homes affected by the explosion in the Richmond Hill neighborhood were demolished, Friday, including the house which sits directly next to the epicenter of the blast.
Glenn and Gloria Olvey have lived in their south side home for seven years. They and their two young daughters were home on the night their neighbor?s house exploded.
?It was a nightmare,? said Glenn Olvey.
On Friday, the Olvey?s returned to their destroyed house to watch crews demolish it.
?You can?t put into words seeing a house that you?ve live in for 7 years, gone,? said Glenn Olvey.
He shared his family?s accounts about the night of the blast, of which they only remember bits and pieces.
?(I) just stood up, walked around in the back of the love seat where my youngest one was sitting at,? he remember. ?The next thing you know, it was a warm rush of air. No real sound? it blew me into the kitchen.
?I remember flying through the air, hitting something, then having everything fall on top of me.?
He said in a matter of seconds, his entire family was trapped underneath dry wall and furniture.
?My wife had everything on top of her and we didn?t know if we were gonna get out.?
Miraculously, they did get out. A few neighbors ran into the home to pull the Olvey?s out and take them to paramedics. The family suffered cuts, bruises, scrapes and had to have stitches.
One of the hardest parts in the next weeks was finding out his neighbor, Moncey Shirley, her boyfriend Mark Leonard and his brother Bob Leonard are now charged with intentionally setting off the blast.
?I?ve always been brought up innocent until proven guilty. We?ll let the courts decide who?s responsible, what they?re responsible for.?
He said the thought of it, though, makes him angry and he wonders why anyone would do such a thing?
Now the family is focused on healing. Before they left the debris, Glenn Olvey walked up to the rubble and picked up a brick to keep. It was a piece of his family?s past as they now try to move forward.
?I hope it?s closure. And I hope that it?s not just closure for us, but for everybody else in this neighborhood.?
The Olvey?s aren?t sure yet if they will re-build in Richmond Hills, but they will keep the plot.
Source: http://fox59.com/2012/12/28/family-watches-home-torn-down-after-deadly-blast/
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