Jeff Bingaman: “That is a chimney. The people did not have time to even arrange to drive their cars out of town. Of course, all their…”

“That is a chimney. The people did not have time to even arrange to drive their cars out of town. Of course, all their personal belongings were in the houses. The damage was total. The loss was total for the families who were burned out. Another photo makes the case, a photo of the rubble that was left at one of the sites. Here is a bicycle. I might add, the water lines in these houses were still running. As we drove up and down the street, we saw water spurting out of the water lines, but there would be no house. Clearly, the devastation was enormous. The people of Los Alamos and Senator Domenici made this point, and it has been made many times: The people of Los Alamos were heroic in their response to this tragedy. They pulled together as a community. They helped each other. They worked together to get their community back up and running. The people of the entire State came together and rallied to help the people who were injured. This was a period, and we are still in it to some extent, a period where we have lots of fires going on in New Mexico.”