I received this email from Richard Davis, the star of the old “Flip This House” and the new “Real Deal” and “Real Estate Pros”.
I want to thank all of you who have emailed and called to send your condolences and support of the Charleston Community during probably one of the most tragic days in the history of this city. As you know, my good friend Rusty Thomas has been on a few episodes of both Flip This House and The Real Deal/Real Estate Pros over the last few years, usually talking about community involvement. He is the City of Charleston Fire Chief, one of the best people I know and a true inspiration to me and a big influence on why I believe Team Trademark has an obligation to give back, I watched him do it for years on James Island, whether it was cutting the grass at the high school, working the concession stand or teaching my son how to throw a curve ball, he always gave his time selflessly and anonymously.
Fortunately, he is still with us today and if you watched CNN a bit ago, you saw him give a heart wrenching assessment of his loss of nine friends and 100 years of service to the city of Charleston Fire Department. This guy is a true American hero and patriot, he sent his men to NYC after 911 to do whatever they could to help, but he is hurting today as we all are in Charleston because of the horrible blow to our community.
All I ask is for y’all to say a prayer for the firefighters we lost and their families and please go hug someone you love because you never know when it might be the last time. Many have asked where to send funds, the mayor announced a few minutes ago that you can go to ANY Bank of America branch in the country and donate to the Charleston firefighters family fund, so that would be my best guess.
Thanks for the continued support of team trademark and if you have a message for Chief Rusty or any other firefighters in Charleston, please feel free to email them to me personally, I’ll print them all off tonight and hand deliver to his house tonight. If he ever needed our support it would be now!
Thanks again,
Richard
GOD BLESS YOU, THE FIRE CHIEF, THE FALLEN FIRE FIGHTERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. OUR HEARTS BLEED ALONG WITH YOU. MAY GOD KEEP YOU AND GIVE YOU STRENGTH.
I am friends with a ton of firefighters and we recently lost one in a fire a few months ago in the town I live in. There are no words to decribe the feeling of loss associated with something of this magnitude.
Yes, God bless these fallen, brave heros, remembering their families in prayer. Fire fighters are so brave and care enough to put their lives on the line EVERY DAY! Truly HEROS!