Family, friends, and employees were all at my family’s land on Memorial Day having our annual 5k mud run when we got that awful call. I remember coming up the big creek embankment and hearing people scream in panic and hearing what sounded like vehicles trying to get unstuck. I thought to myself “What could be wrong?” thinking someone had got injured. I remember my cousin, Cole, frantically running to me telling me to hurry because my uncle’s pet store, Pet World, in Lawrence was on fire. That was the last thing I was expecting. We all crammed into cars trying to get there as soon as possible not knowing how bad the fire was, or what to expect.
When we arrived at the scene and seen the building up in flames it was worse than I ever expected.
When we arrived at the scene and seen the building up in flames it was worse than I ever expected.