Curtis Bunn is a reporter for NBC BLK.
Susan Toler Carr and her husband, Darrell, had to see for themselves. They had gotten the devastating news from a neighbor that their home of 25 years had burned down in the fires that have ravaged the Los Angeles area since last week. The couple fled their neighborhood in Altadena last Tuesday night for a friend’s guest house in Toluca Lake.
On Wednesday, Carr, a retired photography professor, said he got lightheaded and nearly collapsed when he and his wife saw what was left of their home. It was not the destruction, as much as it was what their home embodied. “This was Justin’s home,” Carr said, pausing and apologizing for weeping. He composed himself and compared his feelings to the celebrated sculpture, “Melancholy” by Albert György, which depicts a man on a bench slumped over with his insides hollowed out.
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