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Home Of Redskins Hall Of Fame Player Catches Fire
BRUCE JOHNSON
WUSA
Reprinted with Permission
ASPEN HILL, Md. (WUSA) - The Shepherd Park home of Redskins Hall of Fame player Bobby Mitchell caught fire Wednesday morning.
D.C. firefighters could be spotted inside the attic tossing out furniture and charred furniture and clothing.
Mitchell's wife, Gwen told 9NEWS NOW she and a daughter were inside the home on Locust Street NW when a neighbor spotted smoke coming from the attic.
"We're going to be fine" she said.
Firefighters had responded and escorted the occupants from the house.
Bobby Mitchell came to the Washington Redskins in the early 1960s after teaming with Jim Brown in the Cleveland Browns backfield. Mitchell was the first African American to play for the 'Skins.
By the time his 11-year Hall of Fame career ended, he had 91 touchdowns and the second highest total yards in NFL history.
The cause of the house fire is undetermined. The loss is estimated at $260,000.
For the past 20 years, Bobby Mitchell has hosted a charity golf tournament that has raised over $6.5 million for leukemia research.
Written by Bruce Johnson
9NEWS NOW & wusa9.com
WUSA
Reprinted with Permission
ASPEN HILL, Md. (WUSA) - The Shepherd Park home of Redskins Hall of Fame player Bobby Mitchell caught fire Wednesday morning.
D.C. firefighters could be spotted inside the attic tossing out furniture and charred furniture and clothing.
Mitchell's wife, Gwen told 9NEWS NOW she and a daughter were inside the home on Locust Street NW when a neighbor spotted smoke coming from the attic.
"We're going to be fine" she said.
Firefighters had responded and escorted the occupants from the house.
Bobby Mitchell came to the Washington Redskins in the early 1960s after teaming with Jim Brown in the Cleveland Browns backfield. Mitchell was the first African American to play for the 'Skins.
By the time his 11-year Hall of Fame career ended, he had 91 touchdowns and the second highest total yards in NFL history.
The cause of the house fire is undetermined. The loss is estimated at $260,000.
For the past 20 years, Bobby Mitchell has hosted a charity golf tournament that has raised over $6.5 million for leukemia research.
Written by Bruce Johnson
9NEWS NOW & wusa9.com
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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on
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If this doesn't show an issue about "class" division, I don't know what does. Does anyone else see an issue with such articles? Seriosly, what we see here could be any structure fire in any given community, but because this was the residence of someone famous, etc, we see such articles. Why? What makes this person's fire any more tragic than the folks who just lost everything in a fire in my community on Tuesday? Where is that article? Oh I know, they were nobody in the realm of fame, their story deems not important.
***shakes head in disgust***
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