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The Fox News Rundown

Fox News Rundown Extra: One Year Later, A Camp Fire Survivor Shares Her Harrowing Story

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Politics, Daily News, News

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

One year ago this week, a wildfire in California labeled “The Camp Fire” destroyed the town of Paradise. It was the worst fire the state had ever seen. According to Cal Fire, eighty five people were killed. Some of them were trapped in their cars trying to escape the extremely fast-moving blaze. Nearly nineteen thousand homes and other structures were destroyed. On the Fox News Rundown, host Jessica Rosenthal spoke to three survivors of that horrible disaster. All three shared their stories and told the podcast how they escaped, what life has been like after the devastation and how their starting to rebuild their homes and their lives. The interviews were emotional to say the least. All three had a lot to share. Because of time, this week’s Rundown segment could only include a small part of each survivor’s incredible story. On the Fox News Rundown Extra, you’ll hear more from one of the survivors feature in this week’s segment, Michelle John. John is the superintendent of the Paradise Unified School District. Besides being responsible for helping hundreds of children flee to safety, it was also her job to give those students a sense of normalcy after the devastation was done. The district lost nearly half its schools, all but one were damaged. John describes how she helped the community rebuild and provide the local children a place to learn. Michelle John also shares her personal story and what has happened to her in the year since the Camp Fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.

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I'm Jessica Rosenthal with the Fox News Rundown Extra, where we offer a bit more from a guest

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we've recently featured. Every week we have to cut interviews down for time for our daily news

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podcast, the Fox News rundown.

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Please subscribe if you haven't.

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With this extra podcast though, we're letting you hear a bit more from the guests we think you'd like to hear more from.

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This week it's Michelle John.

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Can you imagine having to evacuate hundreds of school children in the middle of a disaster?

0:47.0

That's what Michelle had to do.

0:48.0

She's the superintendent of the Paradise Unified School District

0:52.0

and she had to initiate the District's emergency

0:54.0

plan because of what would eventually become California's most destructive wildfire on record.

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Thanks for listening.

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Here's Michelle John.

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So, just start with your name and the title you want me to use. Okay, my name is Michelle John and I'm the superintendent for Paradise Unified School

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District.

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