Thirteen-year-old boy dies in Oregon wildfires with his dog in his lap: Biblical hope for the hardest days we face
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 14 September 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Wildfires are destroying much of the West while a hurricane bears down on New Orleans. Today's podcast updates these stories, then we grapple with the challenge of trusting God with our pain and find reasons to turn to him when we need him most.
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| 1:18.8 | At least 35 people have died in West Coast wildfires as of this morning. |
| 1:24.2 | We are watching apocalyptic images of scorched trees, buildings reduced to rubble, |
| 1:29.5 | and burned in blackened cars. The fires have produced a smoke cloud that covers almost a million |
| 1:35.4 | square miles and has traveled 1,300 miles. Oregon officials are bracing for a mass fatality |
| 1:42.3 | incident after wildfires in their state have burned over one |
| 1:46.0 | million acres. One story is especially heartbreaking. A 13-year-old victim was found with his dog in his lap. |
| 1:54.0 | The remains of Wyatt Toft, his grandmother, and Wyatt's dog were discovered inside the family car in Marion County, Oregon. |
| 2:02.1 | A family member told reporters, he got in there and tried to drive the car and started coming |
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