When A Massive Fire Hit, This Teacher Reached Out To Comfort Her Kids (by Richard Hunt)
b'She smiles and calls what happened the morning after the disastrous fire: \\u201cSalon Gano.\\u201d \\n\\nTeacher Michelle Gano welcomed her classroom of third graders with a very special Monday morning of fun and encouragement. That\\u2019s because many of the children were still stunned and sleep-deprived from what had just happened overnight. A raging inferno struck Bound Brook, New Jersey, in January. \\n\\n\\u201cI didn\\u2019t see it, but I can only imagine the site that these kids saw\\u2026 right out their windows!\\u201d Michelle knows it was a \\u201cterrifying image.\\u201d After learning the full extent of the fire situation, Michelle says \\u201call I wanted to do was be with my kids in my classroom and just know that everyone was safe.\\u201d \\n\\nAs she considered what to do as a teacher, she realized \\u201cacademics were out the window\\u201d that day, so she gathered supplies in case any of her students needed to get cleaned-up, wash their hair, or brush their teeth. That was what became known as \\u201cSalon Gano\\u201d \\u2013 complete with a shampoo station, a hair-drying station, and then some \\u201cfancy hairdos.\\u201d The result? \\u201cIt really was a special way of being together and taking care of really their physical needs, but also their emotional needs, they were so shaken by the night before.\\u201d'