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Updated: 7:07 AM Feb 1, 2008
Community Outreach For Joseph Kids
The healing process is beginning for a local family torn apart by Monday night's fire tragedy.
As all are under doctors’ care, two of the Joseph kids are in a Texas hospital getting some of the best treatment in the country.
Posted: 8:38 PM Jan 31, 2008Reporter: David Nancarrow Email Address: dnancarrow@kktv11news.com |
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The healing process is beginning for a local family torn apart by Monday night's fire tragedy.
As all are under doctors’ care, two of the Joseph kids are in a Texas hospital getting some of the best treatment in the country.
Four of Maria Joseph’s kids are in the hospital. The 25-year-old Joseph is in jail facing murder charges for the death of her youngest, Ashia following a fatal fire at their Colorado Springs home.
The pieces are left for the gathering.
"It's going to be hard, we need all the support we can get," said Sherry Norton, Joseph’s sister.
"As soon as you hear the word burn, then we want to help," said Bart Guthrie.
His is one voice from a community responding to the tragedy.
"One of them was 85% burned," he said.
He and the Al Kaly Shriners received a call from the Shriner’s Hospital in Galveston, Texas following a request from Children's Hospital in Denver.
"They wanted to transport all four kids to the Galveston Hospital," said Guthrie.
It's one service Al Kaly Shriners provide, and would have in this case, but the kids are now covered by the state. In the meantime, two are in Galveston getting the best care Shriner's Hospitals can offer at a very competitive rate.
"There is no cost for treatment," Guthrie said.
As four kids continue the long road ahead, there is hope amid the heartbreak.
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You must be the only person that thinks she was the sweetest person. His friends said she was cold and uncaring, apparently she and her family had to defend themselves from each other. If you're her best friend and knew she was so depressed why did you not reach out for help. People have a way of saying people would never have done this in their right mind. How is it they are out of their minds but no one seems to notice it, and says I can't beleive this she was such a good mother. People don't become evil over night.
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I dont care how dpressed you are there is NO reason to hurt your children!!! She should have gave the kids to someone if she couldnt handle taking care of them after her husband died. I am a mother of 2 small childern one is the same age as the child that did not survive this tragedy & the other is 2 months this story is heart breaking I dont know what I would do without my kids as a mother your job is to protect them NOT harm them in any way!
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I've known Maria since the 5th grade shes my best friend, i never would have guessed in a million years that she would do this. she was the sweetest person i have ever known,i dont agree at all about what happend, and i cry daily for the kids, i she was very depressed since her husband died, i truely believe NEVER in her right mind she would hurt her kids.
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