“You don't just get over something like this in 10 years,' one survivor said. Read more:
Doug Aldridge says it's hard to believe it's been 10 years since an explosion rocked the Richmond Hill neighborhood in Indianapolis.Gloria Olvey thought she was dead on the day the world exploded around her.
Olvey and her family survived the night of Nov. 10, 2012, after an explosion damaged or destroyed many homes in their Richmond Hill neighborhood. She was lucky to do so, she said, and left with a changed perspective. Two of her neighbors, John “Dion” Longworth and his wife Jennifer Longworth, were killed in the blast.
"There are people still living this,” Olvey said. “You don't just get over something like this in 10 years. Even just driving in that neighborhood today, my heart melts. It's something you live with forever."Five suspects were arrested in connection with the home explosion. Mark Leonard and his half-brother Robert Leonard Jr. were convicted of murder and dozens of other felonies in separate jury trials in connection with the home explosion.
Olvey and her then-husband were both trapped under debris, while their daughter yelled out that she was bleeding from her head. The neighbors helped Olvey’s daughter and then-husband out of the home and made sure Olvey’s second daughter had escaped on her own. Vicky Koerner now lives next door to the lots on Fieldfare Way. She and other Richmond Hill residents are looking forward to the day new homes are built there.
“It's still painful. That's why I don't think about it,” Karnes said. “It disrupted everybody's lives — that's part of it too — and it can be embarrassing because what we lost was nothing compared to others.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Remembering the Richmond Hill explosion 10 years later10 Years Later | 10 years ago tonight, the Richmond Hill explosion occurred on the south side of Indianapolis. Watch as Rafael Sanchez travels back to the neighborhood to talk with those who remember the day as well as anyone.
Read more »
'We're survivors': Richmond Hill neighbors 10 years laterNeighbors in the Richmond Hill subdivision reflect 10 years after an explosion that happened in the neighborhood.
Read more »
Seven men rob central Pa. grocery and jewelry stores: PolicePolice say they believe two more men waited in two getaway cars.
Read more »
DA clears Richmond, Oakland police for killing man who left woman for deadThe Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office on Thursday cleared the officers in the fatal shooting of a man who left a woman for dead in the East Bay hills.
Read more »