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Tolando Fewell. “Lando was just getting his life together, he played basketball at central, started doing well in school, said her fiancé Mark High. The 17 year old was one of 10 children, sleeping in the house when it caught fire early Sunday morning. High first noticed the smoke around 2 a.m.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"After I seen the fire I was so hysterical… running around like my head was cut off,” High said. "I feel like I can do anything when it comes to my family, but when you're dealing with smoke you can't do it." Mark and Renee got everyone got out except Lando... he was supposed to follow his brother out their bedroom window. Instead he was found in a bathroom, just inches from the stairs that would have led him to the front door. Monday his brothers, sisters and friends came back to the house for a daytime look at their burned out home.” They're still in shock because their family is so intact and tight--- especially the older brothers... they're actually lost right now," High said. The family lost everything in the fire. Their friends have set up a fund for Tolando Fewell at Great Southern Bank. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>You can contribute at any Great Southern Bank branch. Central High School is also planning several fundraiser's. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>_______________________________</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Here is the news article covering the story;</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>House Fire Kills CityplaceSpringfield Teenager </B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://ozarksfirst.com/media_player.php?media_id=19546" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://ozarksfirst.com/media_player.php?"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="cb256100.png" border=0 width="86" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>Reported by: </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://ozarksfirst.com/content/about/bios/chrisgrogan" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://ozarksfirst.com/content/about/bio"><U><I><B><U>Chris Grogan</U></B></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Sunday, Oct 14, 2007 @10:00pm CST</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="cb4c9880.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="136" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An early morning fire takes the life of a teenager. Tonight, that family is in mourning as fire investigators try to figure out how the blaze started. We do know tonight this was a fast-moving fire that almost took a lot more lives in that home just outside of placeCitySpringfield city limits. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The victim's aunt, Gayla Fewell says, "He was supposed to graduate this year." </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Tolando Fewell was a senior at Central High School. His aunt tells us the 17-year-old was athletic and very much into sports. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Fewell says, "I don't care where you are, he would get to you just to get a hug." Yet early in the early morning hours, nobody could get to that teenager, who was stuck in this burning house. Fewell adds, "they could hear him trying to get out. He was calling for them, they were calling for him, but he just couldn't find his way to the same window." Eleven other family members did escape this blaze by jumping from windows. <IMG SRC="cb6c9880.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="136" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fewell adds, "Simply because they had to get out. The fire was very hot, very intense, and it was burning quickly." </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Neighbor Tim Plaster says, "I heard some screaming." </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Neighbors say it was around 3:00a.m.  when they awoke to those screams. Shortly after that, several people who live closest to this house say an explosion rattled this street. Plaster adds, "so it is loud enough that I, seven houses down, could hear it." </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Fire investigators say the blaze began in the back of this rental home. It's a home this family had only lived in for two months. They say with so many extended family members staying the night, it's a miracle Tolando became the only victim. Fewell says, "he, himself, leaves behind five brothers and sisters, and a lot of nieces and nephews, so for all of us, this is very hard." </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>An investigator with the state Fire Marshall's office was on scene this morning. He tells me the house was so badly damaged, they'll likely never know what started the fire. That investigator does not believe foul play was involved. The Greene County coroner will conduct an autopsy on Fewell within the next day. Amazingly, out of the 11 who escaped that burning home, there was only one injury. One of the family members, who jumped out of a window, broke an arm. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>_____________________</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Story by Brian Lewis</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The final chapter in the story of Tolando "Lando" Fewell isn't finished. It hasn't even started yet. And that's intriguing, because the story so far is a good one. It's got sadness and joy, academic and athletic determination. It's got musical talent, ambition, parties, new beginnings and big goals. Most importantly, it's a story with a strong foundation of faith and family. </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>     He planned to play varsity basketball this year at school and he was on track to graduate in the spring, said many of the speakers at the funeral. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>For Fewell, those were major accomplishments. At the funeral, his stepfather Mark High told the crowd of hundreds that Tolando went from making F's to making A's, B's and C's. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"At one time he wanted to give up," High said, struggling to contain his emotions and get the words out. But Lando had goals. He knew that if he quit, he wouldn't achieve them. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"He said, 'I'm going to bounce back,'" High said. And he did just that. </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>     People told of how Lando became a model student at place Bailey Alternative School. They told stories of how he would tell jokes that would lift everyone's spirits. “He was going around telling other students, `You can make it,” said Gwen Marshall, a minister at Fewell's church, Deliverance Temple, and a longtime place Springfield Public School's employee who delivered the eulogy at the funeral. Tolando wasn't perfect, Marshall said, but he used his failures as motivation. Marshall pointed to a quote from Tolando, </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>“When I don't succeed, I try harder to succeed as if I have never succeeded before.”</B></I></FONT><I><B> This encapsulates Fewell's spirit and his resiliency, Marshall said. “I pray that you will believe the reports you have heard about a young man who woke up one morning and decided that he must change,” she said. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>     The theme of changing for the better pervaded the service. Lando's father, Tony Fewell Sr., sang a gospel song he once wrote for his son called “Changing.” Just how much had Lando changed? We'll never know. But there's hope that Lando's example will resonate with some of his peers, especially those who could stand to make similar changes in their lives to the one Fewell made.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>     At the close of the funeral, one of Fewell's cousins, Juvair,”Juvie” Fewell, told how he saw Tolando a few weeks ago and after hearing about his progress in school was certain that his young cousin was moving in the right direction in his life. “We held hands and prayed about it,” he said. Juvair told the crowd he was going to perform a remix of a song that Lando recorded called “Flashy Thangs,” but he didn't have time to get if done. Still, he had some lyrics completed. “I guess it's true what they say, the good die young. The best soldiers die before the battle is won.”</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>     For many friends and family, there was immense comfort in the fact that Lando knew Jesus. Several years while growing up, he lived with his grandmother and she took him to church regularly. Marshall even implored students to let Lando's life being a shining example for them of ways to rededicate their lives to God. Will they do it? That will be the final chapter to Lando's life, how well his untimely death will inspire his friends, family and others. </B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="cb7e2310.jpg" border=0 width="226" height="305" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Tolando “Lando” Fewell</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We live strong for you Lando!</B></I></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>