Aleks Gilbert
玛丽埃塔每日杂志，佐治亚州。
（MCT）
2月12日 - 周五早些时候，北科布基督教学校的四年级学生在卡特斯维尔的一场大火中死亡。
据学校官员称，10岁的沃克·菲利普斯（Walker Phillips）是9号戈尔韦大道（Galway Drive）大火中的孤独受害者。他的两个兄弟姐妹，也是北科布·克里斯蒂安（North Cobb Christian）的学生，他的祖母没有受到伤害。
沃克·菲利普斯（Walker Phillips）的父母，前佐治亚大学四分卫的考特尼·菲利普斯（Courtney Phillips）和科里·菲利普斯（Cory Phillips）在星期五说，当他们离开州滑雪旅行时，孩子们照顾祖母。
沃克·菲利普斯（Walker Phillips）的老师朱莉·巴勒（Julie Bare）周五说，这位10岁的年轻人“是所有人的朋友。”
“我是说，他是一位领导者，尤其是在我们四年级的男孩之间。她很运动，但他在操场上闻名，试图包括其他人，尤其是那些可能不像其他孩子那样运动的人。”她说。“他有点扎根于失败者。”
Wendy Titus, the lower school’s principal, agreed.
“四年级低的学校,所以he was definitely a leader for those in his class and those that were under him,” she said. “(He) loved athletics and (was) just very tenderhearted and kind and really showed the love of Jesus to everyone.”
Friday afternoon, Cartersville Fire Department Chief Scott Carter said the fire started around 3 a.m. Friday morning, and it took firefighters more than two hours to extinguish it. As of Friday afternoon, they were still trying to determine the cause of the fire.
Clingman said the school was notified of the fire around 6 a.m., but “Walker’s passing was uncertain for quite a bit of the day.” The school invited fourth grade parents to the gym for a “pre-meeting,” before their children joined them for a “heartfelt but very honest discussion.”
克林曼说：“我们感到（即使很难），您必须对孩子诚实。”
沃克·菲利普斯（Walker Phillips）的年长兄弟姐妹大炮（Cannon）和九年级的学生艾登（Aiden）以及他的父母科里（Cory）和考特尼（Courtney）幸存下来。
“I know with the number of families at North Cobb Christian and even in their own neighborhood, there’ll be no shortage of options for temporary housing for them,” Clingman said, adding the family was in the process of moving to a Marietta house currently under renovation.
科里·菲利普斯（Cory Phillips）是佐治亚大学足球队的最后一次步行，从四分卫开始。
沃克·菲利普斯（Walker Phillips）也踢了足球，克林曼（Clingman）说：“就像他的爸爸一样。”
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