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A Nightmare Becomes A Miracle

The story of a massive fire that left families homeless in East Williamsburg

A Nightmare Becomes A Miracle

A Nightmare Becomes A Miracle

The story of a massive fire that left families homeless in East Williamsburg

A Nightmare Becomes A Miracle

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Samy Nemir-Olivares

@Samynemir

“We think we are in a nightmare that we can’t wake up from,” Dora, 35, told me while sheltering with her family at a hotel provided by the Red Cross the weekend after a catastrophic fire had changed their lives, again.

The 10 members of the Heredia-Reyes family were all sitting down at the table for dinner when one of the children came running down announcing the fire they just…

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