Massive forest fires in Los Angeles, California have left thousands of thousands of people and need to evacuate, and the great Gary Hall Jr of American swimming was one of the victims. Los Angeles forest fires – who saw the number of people who need to be evacuated to 1.4 Lakh – caused a devastating loss. Gary Hall Jr, who lived in the affected area of the Pacific Palisades in a rented house, has lost several personal effects, including a swimming pool and even ten Olympic medals.
Contact a Australia media based Sydney Morning HeraldHall expressed that devastation is worse than a “apocalypse film”.
“It was worse than any apocalypse film you’ve ever seen and 1000 times worse,” he said, “said Hall, in an interview following his evacuation.
“It was chaos in Los Angeles. We were surrounded by flames. The embers rained on me while I was jumping in my car. I had time to grasp my dog and just a few personal objects. It’s just each person for themselves,” said Hall, speaking of traumatic events that took place.
In the precipitation to escape, Hall had no choice but to let go of his ten Olympic medals. Hall had won five gold medals, three argents and two bronzes through the Atlanta Olympic Games, 2000 in 1996 and 2004.
“I thought of the medals. I did not have time to get them. Everyone wants to know that the medals have burned? Yeah, everything was burned. This is something without me being able to live. I suppose everything is just things. It will take a hard work to start again. What can you do?” Landed hall.
Hall said that it is not only his house or swimming pool, but also his company that has disappeared, which means that he must make a new start.
“It’s not just about me. My house and my business burned on the ground. It’s time to start a new chapter,” said Hall.
The fires, which have been raging since Tuesday in the middle of wind speeds of 100 miles per hour, have caught up the city. Forest fires are part of life in the West of the United States and play a vital role in nature. But scientists say that climate change caused by humans causes more serious weather conditions.
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