Atlanta Falcons Players Foundation Helps Atlanta Apartment Fire Victims Who Lost Everything – WSB-TV Channel 2

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It looked like someone was moving in with all the furniture that several men had unloaded from the truck.

“We have chairs, beds, couches, tables. Just everything,” said tenant Laquitta Lewis Channel 2’s Tom Jones.

The new furniture was not intended for a new tenant.

The aim was to help 12 families who lost everything in a recent fire at the complex.

“We heard the alarms going off and all I did was tell my kids, ‘Let’s go,’” Lewis recalled.

Many families had just bought clothes and school supplies.

Everything went up in flames, including everything they owned.

“Like I had everything in my apartment. Like I lost everything,” said tenant Laura Phillips.

The complex installed them in new units.

Then, Falcons star tight end Kyle Pitts and his foundation purchased new furniture to help them get back on their feet.

“The Kyle Pitts Foundation called us and asked what we could do to help,” said Atlanta City Councilwoman Andrea L. Boone.

Several nonprofit community organizations and churches also distributed much-needed items.

“Soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes,” said a nonprofit volunteer as she filled bags for a tenant.

Shannon Jones of Helping The Multitudes, Inc. and ATM Medical Transport loaded an ambulance with much-needed items.

“We have kitchen utensils. Cups, bowls, pots and pans,” she said.

Erica Wright of the U-First Project set up a table with items to help the fire victims.

“We have T-shirts, underwear. We have all kinds of personal hygiene items,” she said.

The tenants were grateful, even though many had no idea who Kyle Pitts was.

“Kyle Pitts?” one tenant replied when asked about the star player.

Another said: “I don’t watch football, but I’m very grateful.”

Aamir Fleming, 10, said he was about to go to sleep when his fire alarm went off.

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He was all smiles when he realized he would now have school supplies and new furniture.

“It’s a blessing. When they say God works miracles, it’s true,” he said.

Councilwoman Boone helped organize the event.

Tenants also receive help with writing their CVs and finding a job.

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