This is a story about the kind of people who live in Delaware County.
It is a story about people dealing with the absolute worst circumstances imaginable – and the good that sometimes can come from it.
Lower Chichester is a town in mourning. They have lost one of their own.
Volunteer firefighter Lt. Nicholas Picozzi Jr. was killed Wednesday while battling a house fire in nearby Upper Chichester.
It sounds like Picozzi was one of those people who make up the fiber of small towns like Linwood. He grew up there, married there and was raising his two kids there.
His family has long roots in town. His dad was a member of the fire police. His mom was active in the fire company auxiliary.
Now the family, their extended firefighting family, and the entire town are preparing to bury one of their own.
But something else touched me in the aftermath of the fire. It tells you a little bit about what kind of town Lower Chi is.
The Orfetel family lost their home when fire broke out on Moser Avenue. But they aren’t thinking about themselves. They, along with their church, wanted to know what they could do for the Picozzi family.
But someone was thinking of them. That would be Dan Dever. He used to live across the street on Moser. The house was vacant, on the market for sale.
According to a TV report, when Dever heard what happened and that the Orfetels needed a place to live, he actually took the house off the market and told the Orfetels they can live there. Yesterday church members could be seen carrying things into the new home.
The Orfetels suffered a loss on Wednesday, but their thoughts were with the Picozzi family. As was the thoughts of most everybody in town.
Pulling together in the worst possible circumstances.
Sounds like the kind of town you’d be proud to call home. I’m sure Nick Picozzi was. And for good reason.
It is a story about people dealing with the absolute worst circumstances imaginable – and the good that sometimes can come from it.
Lower Chichester is a town in mourning. They have lost one of their own.
Volunteer firefighter Lt. Nicholas Picozzi Jr. was killed Wednesday while battling a house fire in nearby Upper Chichester.
It sounds like Picozzi was one of those people who make up the fiber of small towns like Linwood. He grew up there, married there and was raising his two kids there.
His family has long roots in town. His dad was a member of the fire police. His mom was active in the fire company auxiliary.
Now the family, their extended firefighting family, and the entire town are preparing to bury one of their own.
But something else touched me in the aftermath of the fire. It tells you a little bit about what kind of town Lower Chi is.
The Orfetel family lost their home when fire broke out on Moser Avenue. But they aren’t thinking about themselves. They, along with their church, wanted to know what they could do for the Picozzi family.
But someone was thinking of them. That would be Dan Dever. He used to live across the street on Moser. The house was vacant, on the market for sale.
According to a TV report, when Dever heard what happened and that the Orfetels needed a place to live, he actually took the house off the market and told the Orfetels they can live there. Yesterday church members could be seen carrying things into the new home.
The Orfetels suffered a loss on Wednesday, but their thoughts were with the Picozzi family. As was the thoughts of most everybody in town.
Pulling together in the worst possible circumstances.
Sounds like the kind of town you’d be proud to call home. I’m sure Nick Picozzi was. And for good reason.
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