Moving forward after the explosion

It’s going to be a long and difficult road to recovery for the people effected by the Northwest Baltimore explosion.

As the dust continued to settle Tuesday night the power of humanity was keeping people going.

SETTLE TONIGHT THE POWER OFHUMANITY IS KEEPING PEOPLEGOING.

WMAR2 NEWSKADHIM IS LIVE AT THE SCENE.AFTER A DAY OF CHAOS YESTERDAYWHATCOMMUNITY TONIGHDAY 2 HAS BEEN ABOUT MOVINGFORWARD.

GETTING INTO THEHOMES THAT ARE STABLE&ASSESSING THE DAMAGE ANDLETTING PEOPLE GET SOME OFTHEIR STUFF OR IN SOME CASESGO BACK IN.

ITREFLECTING AND APPRECIATINGTHE PEOPLE WHO STEPPED UP AARE CONTINUING TO HELAdd Utility vehicle driver tocouncilman Isaac“Yitz”Schleifershuttling people like 90 yearold Caroline Youngblood to seetheir homes and explain whattheir next steps are.Councilman Isaac“Yitz”Schleifer Baltimore City 5District 16:19:21-16:28:31“What Ihow people feel lucky thatthey are alive.

Certainly theysee the damage on theirproperty, but their just happythey made it out” So manypeople made it out because othese three.

Sitting on theporch laughing together younever know they met yesterdaDean Jones Local hero16:58:56-16:58:07“We builtlike a bond.

Itdonita little family now” This isthe aftermath of a friendshformed through tragedAntoinetta Parrish Local hero16:48:12-16:48:1716:49:57-16:50:03“I went andI was telling the neighborshey thereto move back.

Get people outof their houses.

If anybodyin there you know them getthem out get them out” ShayBond Local hero16:52:15-16:52:33“One of mynext door neighbors Tyshaunknew I was in a car accidentso he was like Shay no moveout the way.

Iforget the cane I gotta help.Iblocks and everything out ofthe way.

I was able to see herarm in like mamw” Aof them jumped into action.What makes them even morespecial is they donlike what they did was heroic.Like just anyone would runinto a pile of rubble burningyour feet to pull people out.Or would throw their cane downand rip up concrete bricks toget to a screaming woman.16:59:30-16:59:52“I got thechance to speak to a relativeof one of the deceased.

Ithought it was really coolthat she wanted to take timeto meet me and actually sheembraced me while dealing wither own emotions just to saythank you.

To me that goesback to what I said Ihero ” They saywhile the good will and lois niceutis niceut Tis niceut Theis niceut The pis niceut The priis niceut The priceis niceut The price dis niceut The price doeis niceut The price doesnhahavhavehave tohave to bhave to behave to be thhave to be thishave to be this hhave to be this highave to be this highhave to be this high tohave to be this high to mhave to be this high to makhave to be this high to makeppeopeoplpeoplepeople sepeople seepeople see itpeople see it.16:48:47-16:48:57“Letstop all the violence.

Thiscould have been somebody else.It could have been in theEastside it could have been inWest Baltimore.

I just need usto all stay together like thisand band together and love oeach other”COUNCILMAN SCHLEIFER TOLD MEAROUND 50 HOMES WERE EFFECTEDBY THIS.

HE SAYS THE HOPE ITO START THE CLEANUP PROCESSTOMORROW AND START ALLOWINGPEOPLE TO REBUILD.

LIVE INNORTHWEST BALTIMORE EDDIEKADHIM WMAR2 NEWS.DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE NOWWORKING TO REPAIR THEIR