New York Child Fire Victim Giving Back in Big Way

  • Source: Firehouse
  • Published: 05/24/2018 12:00 AM

A young girl in upstate New York who survived a fire that killed four of her family members five years ago is finally getting a chance to open some Christmas gifts. A few million of them, in fact. Safyre Terry was only five years old when she was badly burned in an arson fire in Schenectady that killed her father, sister and two brothers in May 2013, and her injuries from the blaze also caused the young girl to lose a portion of her right arm. As she continued to recover from the tragic incident, Safyre's aunt created a touching Facebook post in December 2015 saying that all her niece wanted for Christmas was a greeting card, and the post quickly went viral. Cards and gifts began pouring in from all over the world — Safyre even received a card from President Obama and his family — until the total reached roughly two million.



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