I stopped by the martial arts school today to drop off some fans to help dry the water damage. They have all the carpeting and padded floor pulled up, and will be cutting out the bottom several inches of drywall in the next few days.
My son is a brown belt at this location.
Here is a pic from inside Town Lake CKD:
I spoke to one of the employees who was at Play N Trade during the robbery. The power was off to the building when they arrived to work. Two employees were locked in a back room for several minutes by what sounded like several people, one who had a gun. Then the door was opened and they were told "Run." They were slipping in gasoline as they ran for the door, then ran down to the Taco Bell down the street.
The owner of the store arrived and saw his employee's vehicle parked in the front and the store on fire. He ran into the burning building to get his employees out, not knowing that they had run from the armed burglary. He ran to the back rooms, checking for people, then ran out the front door and was rolling in the parking lot, trying to put himself out. This guy is one brave man, who put his employees' safety above his own.
He is in Grady's burn center with burns to his legs, arms, and hands. He is undergoing surgery on his hand tomorrow.
I don't know if there is a donation site set up yet, but I will update this post when I find out.
The business is severely damaged in the back room by fire, and the store front with water damage. There are several employees who are now out of work. If you are the praying type, please keep these folks in your prayers. It's awful that this has happened to these guys. My kids are frequent customers and have always been treated so nicely by everyone there.
My son is a brown belt at this location.
Here is a pic from inside Town Lake CKD:
I spoke to one of the employees who was at Play N Trade during the robbery. The power was off to the building when they arrived to work. Two employees were locked in a back room for several minutes by what sounded like several people, one who had a gun. Then the door was opened and they were told "Run." They were slipping in gasoline as they ran for the door, then ran down to the Taco Bell down the street.
The owner of the store arrived and saw his employee's vehicle parked in the front and the store on fire. He ran into the burning building to get his employees out, not knowing that they had run from the armed burglary. He ran to the back rooms, checking for people, then ran out the front door and was rolling in the parking lot, trying to put himself out. This guy is one brave man, who put his employees' safety above his own.
He is in Grady's burn center with burns to his legs, arms, and hands. He is undergoing surgery on his hand tomorrow.
I don't know if there is a donation site set up yet, but I will update this post when I find out.
The business is severely damaged in the back room by fire, and the store front with water damage. There are several employees who are now out of work. If you are the praying type, please keep these folks in your prayers. It's awful that this has happened to these guys. My kids are frequent customers and have always been treated so nicely by everyone there.
