"Houston hospitality has been the best"
The Chronicle's Michael Murphy writes about several new members of Tom Penders' Cougar basketball family:
A group of UH basketball players were playing an impromptu pickup game at Hofheinz Pavilion. It was a mix of returnees from last year's team that won 18 games in coach Tom Penders' first season, and several new players from his first recruiting crop.
Among the new players was Corey Bloom, a smooth 6-5 swingman who was showing off his feathery jump shot. As he ran the floor, Al and Jeanette Bloom sat silently in the stands, absently watching their son play.
If circumstances were different, the Blooms would be back home, where Al would be running a pest-control business and Jeanette would be working at a hospital.
But for the Blooms, home is — was — in New Orleans, where Hurricane Katrina submerged their home under 14 feet of water.
"We lost everything," Al Bloom said. "I lost my home, my business (Assurance Pest Control) and both of my trucks. I had contracts with the zoo, the aquarium, the nature center and ACRES (Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species).
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"When you lose everything, what do you do?" Al Bloom said. "You gotta be survivors. ... There's no way to describe this kind of devastation or how frightening that (flooding) can be.
"All I can say is that everyone we've met in Houston has been so gracious, kind and understanding. Houston hospitality has been the best."
The entire story is here.
Welcome to Houston and to the UH Cougar family, Mr. and Mrs. Bloom.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/08/05 10:28 AM | Print |
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