UPDATE: How you can help a Westside gymnastics gym destroyed in a fire overnight to rebuild. Owner Lisa Music says the gym has been a 'safe haven' for children for more than 35 years.
The fire ignited early Monday morning at Gymnastics Unlimited, and the fire marshal is investigating the cause.But the emotional scars were apparent Monday as owner Lisa Music shared her heartbreak over the loss.
“Over here is where I took my first recreation class. When I saw gymnastics on TV, I wanted to be just like the girls on TV. That was the first place that I took a class,” said Ashanee Dickerson Jacobs, one of the many success stories from GU. “I just keep sitting down on the concrete just looking into the building. It can’t be true.”
She is Music -- whose purpose for the gym for 35 years has been to be a place where children can grow.
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