2008 Woodie Awards
RSS The lives of four children were taken during a four-alarm fire March 9 at 1217 Mechanic St. The victims were Jai-Lynn Echevarria, 5; Nyasia Echevarria, 8; Anthony Echevarria, 11; and Jonathan Echevarria, 13.
How can The Brown and White possibly justify not reporting on this devastating tragedy, which took place no more than a mile away from Lehigh's campus? The Morning Call covered the event extensively.
In a just world, these children could have been future Lehigh students.
Correction: The online edition incorrectly spelled Nate Kingsbury's name as Kinsbury. The Brown and White regrets the area.
Letters: recognize deaths in Bethlehem fire
By Nate Kingsbury
Issue date: 3/18/08 Section: Opinion
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Neighbor
posted 3/19/08 @ 2:16 PM EST
The news of the fire was also in USA Today.
It was just blocks away from off-campus student apartments. The public suspects that property owners (the family rented) were at fault. (Continued…)
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