ADWorkers had installed a new air conditioning unit on the house the day before, but Phillips didn’t think too much of the odor. But they wouldn’t say who had survived, and Jackson wasn’t answering his phone. “I don’t know if it was Lonnie or not.”Bartholomew Jackson, Jerome’s younger brother, was at work when he heard about the explosion. ADADAs he lay in his hospital bed, Jackson held out hope that Herriott had been shopping for spaghetti makings when the explosion hit. But Jackson wasn’t sure what to believe anymore.

Source: Washington Post August 21, 2020 14:06 UTC