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Fairfax Station Clifton Lorton Fairfax Station ❖ Clifton ❖ Lorton After the Fire News, Page 3 Eileen ‘Allie’ Langham-Anderson managed to get three of her five children out a second-floor window of this townhome in Hagel Circle before fire and smoke engulfed the building Sept. 22. She and the two re- Classified, Page 17 Classified, maining children, Solomon and ❖ Alfonso Anderson, died before firefighters could get to them. Entertainment, Page 10 ❖ Sports, Page 13 Requested in home 10-1-10 home in Requested Time sensitive material. sensitive Time Attention Postmaster: Attention PERMIT #322 PERMIT Easton, MD Easton, PAID U.S. Postage U.S. PRSRT STD PRSRT Photo by Julia O’Donoghue/The Connection online at www.connectionnewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.comSeptember 30-October 6, 2010 ❖ Volume XXIV, Number 39 Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton Connection ❖ September 30 - October 6, 2010 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton Connection ❖ September 30 - October 6, 2010 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Lorton/Fairfax Station/Clifton Connection Editor Michael O’Connell News 703-778-9416 or [email protected] Neighbors Still In Shock Over Fatal Fire Halley Elementary community solicits donations to help surviving children. By Julia O’Donoghue The Connection oreen Smith was getting ready for her job as a cafeteria worker Dwhen a fire that eventually killed a young mother and two children broke out just 40 yards from her doorstep on the morning of Sept. 22. Smith lives within earshot of half a dozen units in the Hagel Circle community, a de- by Photo velopment of modest townhouses located off Route 1 in Lorton. So at first, she didn’t think much of the man screaming outside Julia O'Donoghue her house that morning. “I thought he was screaming for a child to catch the bus. I looked at the time and I thought that the child probably would miss the bus if they didn’t hurry up,” said Smith, who lives with her two daughters and one grandchild. /The Connection As the screaming continued though, she decided to go to the front window and check on the situation. That is when she saw flames and smoke, engulfing the townhouse just a few steps away from her stoop. “I woke up my kids and we all ran out immediately,” she said. Smith then saw her neighbor, 24 year-old Eileen Allie” Langham-Anderson, lean out a second-story window of burning building to drop her 2-month old infant to a man standing beneath her. The man, Mannie Weeks, had been living with Langham- Anderson recently. He immediately handed the child off to one of Smith’s neighbors and ran back into the building to help the young mom. At that point, Smith said she realized Hagel Circle residents are still mourning the loss of Eileen ‘Allie’ Langham-Anderson and her sons Langham-Anderson and two of her five chil- Solomon and Alfonso Anderson, who died when a fire rapidly spread through her unit in this Lorton dren were still trapped inside and she tried townhouse. to go inside herself. But when she opened Langham-Anderson’s side door, the smoke, Langham-Anderson managed to get three port the infant to Washington Hospital Cen- swollen and he had trouble speaking at a fire and heat overwhelmed her. of her five children out of the house before ter for treatment. They are currently stay- vigil on Sept.25. “I tried to go in two different doors but being overcome by smoke inhalation in her ing with their father, Archie Anderson, from Fairfax Fire Department spokesman Dan there was so much black smoke. I knew I house at 9639 Hagel Circle Court, accord- whom Langham-Ander- Schmidt said officials couldn’t get to them. One of my daughters ing to the Fairfax County Fire Department. son was separated, said have not determined tried to go in after them too and I had to By the time firefighters reached her, the neighbors. “We just couldn’t the cause of the fire yet. hold her back,” said Smith. young mother and two of her sons, Neighbors said Weeks But neighbors said Other neighbors also tried to come to the Solomon, 5, and Alfonso Anderson, 3, were suffered more substantial help her. I was right Langham-Anderson rescue of Langham-Anderson. One man already dead. injuries, most likely be- had lost power a couple who lived nearby spent several minutes try- In addition to rescuing the infant, cause he ran back into the there and I just of days earlier and was ing to break through a window, she said. Langham-Anderson also managed to get her building to help burning candles in the “We just couldn’t help her. I was right two oldest children, ages 6 and 8, out of Langham-Anderson and couldn’t go in.” house. there and I just couldn’t go in,” said Smith, the house safely. Neighbors said those chil- inhaled more smoke than — Doreen Smith “Manny told me it whose oldest daughter is the same age as dren jumped from the same second-story the children. was the candles, like Langham-Anderson. window Langham-Anderson used to drop According to Stacey one tipped over near “I can’t sleep,” Smith said. “I have been the baby to Weeks. Woods, who lives directly across from where the couch or something,” said Woods, who having nightmares. It just keeps coming The surviving children suffered few physi- the fire took place, Weeks stayed in the hos- met Langham-Anderson and her children back to me,” she said in an interview a week cal injuries, though a helicopter landed be- pital for two days and had to be put into a after the fire. hind a nearby library and was used to trans- medically induced coma. His throat is still See Lorton, Page 7 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton Connection ❖ September 30 - October 6, 2010 ❖ 3 News News Briefs Inova Offers Flu Vaccinations Beginning Friday, Oct. 1, Inova Health System’s Traffic Slowing Ahead HealthSource will be offering influenza vaccinations to chil- dren and adults throughout the Washington, D.C. area. This year, the Center for Disease Control recommends that per- rail cars to track and safety disrepair. Richard Sarles, sons 6 months and older be vaccinated annually. People at Annual seminar provides interim general manager, said Metrorail, once an high risk for serious complications from influenza include: envied rail system, “has lost a lot of its luster.” ❖ grim outlook; bright spot Children 6 months to 5 years of age He said in addition to aging cars, the system has ❖ Adults with children up to 18 some stations that are nearly 50-years old, with hun- ❖ is rail in Dulles corridor. Adults 50 and over dreds of escalators in constant disrepair. ❖ Adults and children who have medical conditions that Years of neglect and insufficient capital improve- lower your body’s immune system such as diabetes, heart By Nicholas M. Horrock ment budgets led to these circumstances, he said. disease, asthma and HIV, among others The Connection Increased contributions from Maryland, Virginia and ❖ Adults that live in, work at or have contact with anyone Washington, D.C. matched with federal funds, have in institutions such as schools, nursing homes and/or hos- he Northern Virginia Transportation given Metro a $1 billion capital budget, the largest pitals Alliance’s annual seminar on traffic and since Metro was under construction. ❖ Women who are pregnant in any trimester, or who may ridership last week reported dozens of Some commuters lost confidence in Metrorail on deliver during flu season T points of progress, but left most of the June 22, 2009 when two trains collided on the Red The cost for the flu shot is $30 per person (cash or check 150 guests with the realization that 2011 may see Line, killing an operator and eight passengers. The accepted). Inova will also be offering FluMist and FluZone even more gridlock. investigation by the National Transportation Safety HighDose at its hospital-based clinics. To learn more, call The seminar brings together transportation offi- Board found a laundry list of repair and maintenance 703-750-8818 or visit inova.org/flu. cials from road, bus and rail travel in Northern Vir- failures that contributed to the collision. Sarles said ginia who each received five minutes to report on that “each and every one” of the recommendations Supervisors: Bond Language key points in their fields. by the NTSB is being worked on. He said that Metro Perhaps the grimmest report came from Tom surveyed 97 percent of its 2,000 employees to “see On Nov. 2 Ballot ‘Confusing’ Fahrney, Virginia’s Base Realignment and Closing what their concerns were about safety.” He said Metro Commission coordinator who said that by late 2011, A few Fairfax County supervisors have complained that had established hotlines and a “whistle blower” policy the Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 travel corridor the language used to describe a local bond referendum pro- to encourage employees to come forward with con- will have to handle 84,000 Defense Department posal on the Nov. 2 election ballot is misleading and confus- cerns. employees with insufficient preparation and funds ing. The number of Metrorail passengers will increase to prevent massive choke points. According to Supervisor Patrick Herrity (R-Springfield), by 20 percent over the next decade and bus usage With BRAC changes, thousands of employees now the bond referendum question implies that Fairfax wants to will increase by 10 percent, according to Metro esti- able to commute by bus and rail will be transferred borrow $120 million for a wide range of transportation mates.
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