Were supposed to be here this afternoon. Reporter Mary Ellen Foley overcome with emotion upon arriving to see her beloved American Legion post 396 destroyed. Shed been coming here for 25 years even planning a Surprise Party here next month. The uniforms of the men and women who served in our armed forces for many, many years, and the pictures and the medals, things that cant be replaced. Reporter eyebrows raised, of course, as an American Legion post goes up in flames on memorial day. The fire marshal, atf and police all here now looking for a cause but wont speculate. Fire cause is still under investigation. It will be awhile before we can even get inside that building. Reporter jones was driving by and recorded this video from her cell phone as firefighters had just arrived. The smoke was so black and thick with the flames you could feel the heat actually. Smoke first and then as soon as we made the right to come into this part, all you seen was flames. Reporter despite battling the
Happening right now, a massive fire tears through American Legion post on memorial day. On memorial day, its just devastating. Now investigators are looking into what might started it. Good evening, and thanks for joining us. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. American legion post 396 more than just a place for veterans to gather it is a cornerstone of the community ton night it is in ruins. Fox 29s brad sattin in bridesburg where firefighters it took them hours to get this thing under control. Brad . Reporter it did, lucy. A lot of tears shed here tonight on the 2300 block of orthodox. Fire breaking out a little after 2 00 oclock this afternoon. We have been here ever since along with about 100 firefighters and initially called to battle this blaze. Some of them as you see are still here on the scene. A cause of the fire at this American Legion post on memorial day still undetermined tonight. Were supposed to be here this afternoon. Reporter Mary Ellen Foley overcome with emotion upon arri
Recommendations forward and director moyer along with the lady from the city should say has the guts of a gunslinger let me tell you clapping the reason why we move forward is like our present mayor, mayor ed lee has said on many occasions the future belongs to the city and for the city this size we might be the waerment weight of our size but we believe in this city when i think about james herman he was a workingclass guy but this represents all the workers in San Francisco we decide has a as a commission frankly, i didnt lee and joe and others on the commission redd map turn man, bruce, john martin and steven one thing we agree San Francisco is a worldclass city the world looks at to us were the standard from which every other city raise the bar weve raised the bar in San Francisco the average age in San Francisco is 27 years old we have a repeals as an in the city this city thinks outside of the box the heavens and earth shock this morning that this cruise terminal was opening up i
Take a cruise clapping i still got to try to find time to do that why not take it from pier 37 but all those things in celebration weve done this right and well and this is for generations to come im very proud of everybody who was responsible who put this on to build and design it but also going to say im proud of city and county because the residents and neighbors got together and said this is what we want like the events like americas cup its like americas cup it is a gift it keeps on giving i had mammogram potentially put the video on up inside so when people come off the ship theyll see the excitement of the americas cup 34 this is a representation of our city thank you to everyone involved for lending our support to this and make this a special place for San Francisco lets celebrate for that the entire city this is ours and we greeting get to share 24 with our kids for generations to come thank you clapping . Thank you very much mr. Mayor for being here and for all you are leader
Remember 1934 you wouldnt know that 80 years later the longshoreman the police and the National Guard we were frooith to try to start a union for the wagd its about process there is is a struggle moving forward and the same people that were fighting were all here together thats what San Francisco does we get beyond our differences and in 2006 mayor newsom had a vision put a Blue Ribbon Commission together he said i dont want support anyone can pat you on the back i want commitment it means action and today that commission was formed in 2006 and we made the representations to the mayor and the board and we didnt know how to pay for it but put the recommendations forward and director moyer along with the lady from the city should say has the guts of a gunslinger let me tell you clapping the reason why we move forward is like our present mayor, mayor ed lee has said on many occasions the future belongs to the city and for the city this size we might be the waerment weight of our size but