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There is also a fund being set up at Wachovia Banks for any donations to this family

The Zimmer Disaster Fund

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AutismRecoveryNetwork Subject: [AutismRecoveryNetwork] Mother, 4 Kids, 3 Autistic in Diapers, Lose Home Cape Coral, Florida home destroyed in blaze

House Fire: Mother, 4 Kids, 3 Autistic in Diapers, Lose Home Cape Coral, Florida home destroyed in blaze

By Myers http://sar.c.topica.com/maafAt9abv1GnboxZKXb/

Zimmer breaks down Thursday as she arrives to see her home on fire at 1109 S.W. 10th Place in Cape Coral. Zimmer, a single mother of four children, three of whom are autistic, had left to take her children to school and run errands. The house was ruled a total loss, according to Cape Coral Division Chief Tom Tomich.

Zimmer doubled over as she arrived home only to have to watch the smoldering remains of her house from a nearby yard.

When she was unable to stand, a neighbor brought over a lawn chair.

" I'm shocked. I'm shocked. I don't know what to think, " said Zimmer, 34, the single mother of four children younger than 10, three of them autistic.

She could barely manage more than a few words before she collapsed into sobs.

Her Cape Coral home, housing memories and her family's possessions, was gone, with damage estimated at $250,000.

Zimmer's mother, father and sister arrived at her home at 1109 S.W. 10th Place before she did.

After collapsing into their arms, she raced over to a neighbor's back yard where her rescued dog was being kept.

Her children were in school.

+ Read more: http://sar.c.topica.com/maafAt9abv1GnboxZKXb/

-- Mallants Freelance Reporter

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