decorating mode and started painting, so in curtains, every time i d go up i would say wow, this looks really good. carl, thank you darling. christine and karl celebrated christmas with christina s family in 1990. but just a week later their lives will change forever. it was new year s day, 1991. i came outside saw the smoke from the house, i could see where the smoke was. carl and christine s house was on fire. carl said he had been in the garage but he rushed to the house. he pulled the kids out of their bedroom windows where they were napping. christina was trapped in the bathroom, flames ranging just outside the bathroom door. the window was boarded shot from the inside. by the time they arrived, the paramedics were on the scene. i got in the ambulance and looked around and said where is chris? and they told me, one of the kid said, she s with god or the angels took her, something like that.
the finger lakes, a stunning part of upstate new york. this is where the carlson family put down its roots. all right carl. and it s here that carl carlson brought his bride christina to meet his family in 1986. his brother mike took to her right away. she was small, tiny little girl, not very tall at all. very simple, sweetheart of a kid. christina and karl had met in north dakota where carl was stationed in the air force. he was discharged, they came to his home to make a life. was she a good fit to the carlson family? absolutely, yeah. she would give it out and take it. laugh on the way. stand right here, chris. they were a cute couple, christina the little cheerleader from california. carl the rough and ready country boy. christina s sister like the way carl made chris laugh. they would laugh and joke and he was this big barrel chested guy, and my sister four foot 11.
decorating mode and started painting, so in curtains, every time i d go up i would say wow, this looks really good. carl, thank you darling. christine and karl celebrated christmas with christina s family in 1990. but just a week later their lives will change forever. it was new year s day, 1991. i came outside saw the smoke from the house, i could see where the smoke was. carl and christine s house was on fire. carl said he had been in the garage but he rushed to the house. he pulled the kids out of their bedroom windows where they were napping. christina was trapped in the bathroom, flames ranging just outside the bathroom door. the window was boarded shot from the inside. by the time they arrived, the paramedics were on the scene. i got in the ambulance and looked around and said where is chris? and they told me, one of the kid said, she s with god or the
the finger lakes, a stunning part of upstate new york. this is where the carlson family put down its roots. all right carl. and it s here that carl carlson brought his bride christina to meet his family in 1986. his brother mike took to her right away. she was small, tiny little girl, not very tall at all. very simple, sweetheart of a kid. christina and karl had met in north dakota where carl was stationed in the air force. he was discharged, they came to his home to make a life. was she a good fit to the carlson family? absolutely, yeah. she would give it out and take it. laugh on the way. stand right here, chris. they were a cute couple, christina the little cheerleader from california. carl the rough and ready country boy. christina s sister like the way carl made chris laugh. they would laugh and joke and he was this big barrel
angels took her, something like that. she wasn t there. art could only imagine the terror of her last moments on earth. he then placed one of the toughest calls he s ever made. i need to tell you something, he said there was a fire out of chris s house and everyone got out but chris. and i said, are you kidding me? and he said no. back in upstate new york the carlson family got the terrible news. so mike and his sister in law flew to california to help carl and the children who were all under the age of seven. i said i would help how i can, what can i do? and he was just numb. he was a zombie. he just said i don t know. are you thinking how in the world is my brother going to take care of these three little kids? right.