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Memories of the Heights FireMargaret Wilkinson I got a phone call from my Mother that the Heights was burning and she came and picked me and our three children up and we drove to the Heights. We found Nancy [Nancy McKillip Farrell] and sat on the grass and watched with tears running down our faces, and prayers being said by all. It was the worst feeling. I had five wonderful years at the Academy and College. Two more of my sisters had graduated from the Heights, and now it would be no more. It still makes me sad to know that the school of our youth and so many wonderful memories and experiences exists no longer.
Sharon Fitsimones Anderson
The Heights fire was on my 15th birthday. It was a
normal day Went to the last class of the morning, then to lunch, then put
our purses and stuff in our lockers and headed out for some fresh air. A
little boy talk and maybe a walk down to the grotto. I'm sure we weren't
going to pray. That's when the bells went off, the sirens were screaming,
and the nuns went wild. Pushing cars from in front for the not so good fire
hydrants. Everyone to meet at the statue by the front gate. Couldn't go back
for our belongings. We just watched our school disappear. They say your 16th
and 21st birthdays are ones you always remember, but that one was one I have
never forgotten.
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