Corpus Christi fire victims grieve lost homes, church: ‘It’s too much’
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Pacific Palisades is the only place Sam Laganà has ever called home.
The man known today as the official stadium voice of the Los Angeles Rams grew up playing in the closely knit community’s streets. He was educated in its public schools, and received his faith at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, where he went to catechism class as a child.
On the night of Jan. 7, he watched all of it — the streets, the homes, the schools, and his beloved church — burn to ashes.
“It’s too much,” said Laganà. “Overwhelming.”
While the last residents were evacuating the picturesque enclave in LA’s Westside that night, Laganà was using water from garden hoses and his backyard jacuzzi to put out the flames encircling his home of 28 years.