Before and After: Precious Moments

A family in northern Ohio returned home late one night to find their house burned to the ground. Looking at the devastation, no one thought anything could be saved. CRDN of North Central Ohio was called in by the board-up company and met the family that night. CRDN spent hours sifting through the rubble, and one of the team’s first responders found two dolls in the center of the source room on a table. Everything around it was totally gone, but a piece of wet ceiling had fallen on top of the dolls, somewhat shielding them from the heat. Everyone on the loss site said the dolls couldn’t be saved and should be thrown out. When the homeowner came and saw the dolls, she quietly asked the first responder to try. The dolls were bubble-wrapped and taken to CRDN of North Central Ohio’s hand-washing department. After an hour of working with mild cleaning solutions, the dolls’ faces came clean and the rest followed just as successfully, resulting in CRDN being able to restore two treasured sentimental items from this devastating fire.