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• 1 G-townReader // Dec 25, 2009 at 7:24 pm

  This is heart-wrenching.
  I lost my brother to a fire in January, 2009, right before the Ice Storm. It is still hard to comprehend – especially for his son who along with an off-duty fireman pulled him from the burning apartment.
  But 2 children on Christmas — this very special holiday will NEVER be the same for the devastated Bailey family. It just chokes me up.

• 2 Mark // Dec 25, 2009 at 9:37 pm

  This is terrible,,,

• 3 Mark // Dec 25, 2009 at 9:38 pm

  My prayers are with the family.

• 4 Davi // Dec 25, 2009 at 10:36 pm

  There are no words to express…
  Thank you Jake for putting up this tragic news.
  May the suffering of this family be relieved by the love and support they will receive from their family, friends, the community.
  The loss of two young children is unfathomable and compounded by the loss of home on Christmas Day when family gathered to celebrate togetherness only accents the horror.
  May they find some kind of peace in their sorrow as they will gradually come to terms with this awful loss.

• 5 Brad Cummings // Dec 25, 2009 at 10:47 pm

  Cathy Bailey is one of the finest people I have met in my time in Kentucky politics. My heart is absolutely broken for her and her family.

  May we all say prayers for the Bailey’s this weekend.

• 6 James R. // Dec 26, 2009 at 9:36 am

  Peace

• 7 Joey Wilson // Dec 26, 2009 at 1:59 pm

  I met Cathy Bailey earlier this year and found her to be a very nice and unpretentious lady. This is very sad and God bless everyone touched by this.

• 8 Bill // Dec 26, 2009 at 2:03 pm

  What a horrible turn of events. Our thoughts and prayers for the Bailey’s.

• 9 Moderate // Dec 26, 2009 at 7:43 pm

  Cathy and Irv are wonderful people. My thoughts and prayers are with them and their family.

• 10 wondering // Dec 27, 2009 at 1:04 am

  I had a report that a bridge on River Road collapsed under the weight of a fire truck heading to this fire, thus delaying response time. Was this the bridge that River Fields (I think it was) led a fight against it being replaced?

• 11 David Harpe // Dec 27, 2009 at 1:38 pm

  The original story on the CJ site was a simple blurb about a bridge accident. It’s still available in the Google cache:
  http://tinyurl.com/y9ntkg8

  It wasn’t the same bridge involved in the River Fields controversy. I’m pretty sure it was this bridge:
  http://tinyurl.com/y88bzcg

  What an awful tragedy.

• 12 Brian Bailey // Dec 31, 2009 at 12:43 am

  As a member of the Bailey family may I tender my sincere condolences to Cathy and Irv, that such a tragedy should happen on such a day is probably the worst I have ever read, my thought are with you.

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