The Crisfield community is coming together to support the fa

The Crisfield community is coming together to support the families of the triple fatal fire

this past weeekend. but out of tragedy — a stunning show of support — for the families who lost their loved ones. 47 abc’s justina coronel has the details. track 1 handmade bows — from crisfield’s main street flower shop now decorate the landscape of crisfield. they’re not just beautiful — they carry a heavy significance. the pink — for 16-year-old daughter angelina pinkston the purple — is for angelina’s mom — 44-year-old jennifer cooper and the blue — for their family friend — five-month-old kaiden pace. all three — died in a house fire. and the bows — are tied to a community wide effort to grieve — and help the families who have lost so much. i think it’s just the whole community down here, everybody likes to help. it’s a shame tragedy brings us together but it’s a small community so everybody knows everybody. i think that helps. track 2 lynne brumely — a crisfield high faculty member — is now heading up the fund raising efforts across the town. she rallied businesses and students to help collect money for funeral costs. since angelina — was a junior at crisfield high — students are selling items they think she would have liked. they did go with pink t-shirt and the bracelets. there are bracelets now designed by two other students because she did like pink and her name was pinkston. i think all of that together kind of played a part in it. track 3 the florist is donating 50 percent from the sale of the bows. and the pizza shoppe is participating — by donating 10 percent of all their purchases on friday. we just want to help the family out, they are going through a very difficult time right now and we’re also trying to organize items that they need and we’re going to create a drop off center here at the pizza shop for anybody who wants to donate track 4 we spoke to crisfield mayor kim lawson who admits he’s proud of his community — who has shown strong ties — despite the strain of this recent tragedy. justina coronel 47 abc. there is also a go fund me page for the funeral costs. we have a link to that — and more information on upcoming fundraising events — on our website at 47 abc dot com. as of yesterday – construction is now underway on two projects in

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