The supervisor of the catering business Lucien and Lizette was in a worse condition. She is still recovering.
Chris from the tattoo parlor was the first to reach her: “I went to the front to see what had happened. I saw a lot of damage and I heard someone shouting. I looked down and Friedl was on fire. I walked down with a blanket to put out the fire.
It was also intense for Chris. He lived in the building for the first few months, but everything around it had been destroyed and the residents had left. It looked like a war zone.
“I talked a lot. Talking as much as possible and telling the story. And that’s how I was able to process that,” says Chris.