as possible and thinking about what the rebuild will look like. knoxville wants us to be there. our patients need us to be there. and we are going to be there. at that clinic we were offering abortion services. we were offering gender affirming hormone care. we were offering free and low-cost birth control, including free iuds. so it is a significant cost for the community. the fire erased the hard work of lots and lots of people who were making that expansion possible and we were so close to being almost finished. but we are committed and determined to be back in knoxville as quickically as possible. ashley cofield, president and ceo of planned parenthood of tennessee and north mississippi. thank you for your time tonight. and again i know this is a difficult time. keep us apprised of any updates. we will keep watching for updates from law enforcement in terms of this reward that they have put out for information leading to anyone s arrest. we d love to keep in touch with you about
device in the clinic front window. he is sentenced to be put in present a month from. not surprisingly, thankfully, in those attack nobody was injured. but the attacks to keep coming. last week we reported that a planned parenthood clinic in knoxville tennessee was set on fire just a couple of weeks ago. on new year s eve, authorities determined that that was in fact an arson attack. it was in fact a complete destruction of the company. nine fire units responded but could not save it. it was in the midst of a 2000 dollar dollar renovation. double that size. somebody intentionally burned to the ground, it was a total loss. this time last year, that same clinic in knoxville tennessee was attacked another time. somebody fired a shotgun through the front door on the anniversary of the roe v. wade decision, january last year. that crime has never been solved. no arrests were ever made. nearly one year later, no suspect has been identified.
supremacists have adopted in several years. that 18-year-old pled guilty in federal court last year, pled guilty to throwing that incendiary device into the planned parenthood window. he is set to be sentenced later this month. surprisingly, thankfully, in those attacks nobody was injured. but the attacks do keep coming. last week we reported that a planned parenthood clinic in knoxville, tennessee, was set on fire just a couple of weeks ago on new year s eve. authorities have since determined that that was, in fact, an arson attack and it was a complete destruction of the property. nine fire units responded to the scene but they couldn t save it. the clinic was in a midst of a $2 million renovation due to double its size. somebody intentionally burned it to the ground. it is a total loss. this time last year that same clinic in knoxville, tennessee, was attacked another time. somebody fired a shotgun through the front doors on the anniversary of the roe v. wade decision, january last
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what are the kinds of challenges, what kind of support have you had since this crime, what are your plans in terms of how you will rebuild? well, right now we are helping our patients with referrals and with telehealth to the extent that we can. we re looking for a safe operating site to get back to work for our patients as quickly as possible and thinking about what the rebuild will look like. knoxville wants us to be there. our patients need us to be there. and we are going to be there. at that clinic we were offering abortion services. we were offering gender-affirming hormone care. we were offering free and low-cost birth control, including free iuds. so it is a significant cost for the community. the fire erased the hard work of lots and lots of people who were making that expansion possible and we were so close to being almost finished. but we are committed and determined to be back in knoxville as quickly as possible.