The devastating fires in California have claimed 40 lives and destroyed thousands of homes, as per USA TODAY.
One of those homes belonged to nine-year-old Loren Jade Smith's family, and the young Oakland Athletics fan lost more than just a home.
Smith had a collection of Athletics memorabilia and the collection was destroyed in the fire. Loren decided to write a letter to the team and it's heartbreaking to read.
FTW edited the letter for clarity, just in case you had trouble reading it:
To the Oakland A’s,
I love watching your A’s games. I want to be an A’s player, and I play at Mark West Little League in Santa Rosa. I played baseball in my backyard all day loving the A’s and making up my own game. In my backyard, they won six World Series in a row. But my house burned down in the Santa Rosa fire, and my saddest things were my baseball collection cards, my 17 jerseys and 10 hats and my baseball from the game and also a ball signed by the whole team and Rickey (Henderson) and Bob Melvin. I am 9 years old and I had a major league baseball and it all burned up, so sad. I know you’re not all together but hope they get this.
Shortly after the letter went viral, the A's president saw it and said he'd reach out to the family.
He wasn't the only person that wanted to help, though.
Although this story had a sad beginning, it sure seems like it will have a happy ending.
(H/T: FTW)
