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BOWMAN'S SURVIVORS SAID
FORD HAS UNDERPLAYED THE
PHER RESULT OF THE WIND
STAR PROBLEM.
A BILLERICA FAMILY
UNDERSTANDS THE FULL
MEANING OF CHRISTMAS
TONIGHT.
LEFT HOMELESS AFTER LAST
WEEK'S FLOOD, RITA HEAD
AND HER FAMILY WERE ON THE
BRING OF MOVING INTO A
SHELTER.
AND TONIGHT NEWSCENTER 5'S
JANET WU HOW VIEWERS, YOU,
STEPPED FORWARD AND MADE
ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE.
>> Reporter: FEW WOULD
BE HAPPY TO BE MOVING DAYS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BUT
RITA
IS THRILLED.
HER 9-MONTH NIGHTMARE IS
FINALLY OVER.
>> IT HAS BEEN REALLY
HARD, BUT EVERYONE HAS
BEEN SO GREAT.
SHOWING US THAT PEOPLE ARE
OUT THERE TO HELP US.
>> Reporter: RITA AND
HER HUSBAND, KEITH
WILLIAMS, WERE FORCED TO
MOVE INTO TRAILER.
THEIR BANK REFUSED TO LEND
THEM THE MONEY NEEDED, AND
THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO
PAY RENT AND KEEP UP THE
HOUSE PAYMENTS.
WHAT SHE THOUGHT THEN WAS
IMPOSSIBLE TODAY HAS COME
TRUE.
>> WE'RE TOGETHER IN A
HOME WITH A TREE AND BEING
ABLE TO JUST NOT HAVE TO
MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO
>> Reporter: WHAT
ANOTHER.
HAPPENED?
WELL, THE FIRST
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN
BILLERICA SAW NEWSCENTER
5'S ORIGINAL STORY AND
STEPPED FORWARD PROVIDING
TEM PRAYER SHELTER AT THE
CHURCH.
AND ANOTHER GROUP STEPPED
IN TO FIND ADDITIONAL
FINDING.
LEADING THE EFFORT, BOB
MINER.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
COMING FORWARD,
CONTRACTORS, AND OTHER
PEOPLE
WHO DO CONSTRUCTION
AND THE TOWN IS HELPING US
WORK.
BY FAST-TRACKING PERMITS,
AND HELPING US WITH
WAIVING UNNECESSARY FEES.
>> THIS IS TRULY THE
CHRISTMAS STORY.
THERE WAS NO ROOM AT THE
INN, BUT THERE IS NOW.
>> Reporter: EVERYONE IS
CONFIDENT THE WILLIAMS'
FAMILY WILL BE BACK IN