Beloved Track Coach's Home Destroyed by New Year's Day Fire

A beloved track and field coach in D.C., Maryland and Virginia is living in a hotel after fire destroyed her home on New Year’s Day.

Pamela “Coach Pam” Crockett’s electric stove caught on fire in her Anne Arundel County home.

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She and her two sons tried to put out the flames, but the fire was too intense. They ran outside to safety.

Crockett lost almost everything she owns.

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“I’m overwhelmed, I think, is the word that comes most to me,” she said. “I have had intense sadness, but I also, you know, try to remain positive and optimistic.”

Crockett trains and helps local high school student-athletes get scholarships to college.

Her friends set up a GoFundMe to help her.