KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas City, Kansas, family was forced from their home Wednesday when a tree-trimmer felled a tree onto a house.
AJ Reese made three payments to a man he found on Facebook to cut down a tree, which Wyandotte County Code enforcement sent a letter saying had to be cut down.
Two men showed up around 7 p.m. to begin the work and, despite protests from Reese about how they were cutting down the tree, dropped the tree onto one of his four boys’ bedrooms.
Fortunately, there were no injuries, but the damage to the home in the 3300 block of Webster Avenue, which Reese has owned for around a year, was extensive.
It included cracks along the walls of several rooms and a gaping hole in the house’s roof.
Unfortunately, Reese said the tree-trimmer was not bonded or insured.
Reese and his boys are staying in a hotel tonight, but tomorrow they essentially will be homeless, he said.
A family friend has started a Go Fund Me to help with repair costs for Reese and his children.
Reese also told 41 Action News he'd welcome assistance from any volunteers who wanted to lend a hand with plywood or drywall this weekend.
