Nearly six years after losing their father to COVID-19, the Fontanez family is once again starting over — this time after a fire destroyed their Massachusetts home and nearly everything inside it.
The fire broke out in Wrentham on April 27, tearing through the house the family had lived in for about eight years.
“It’s the thing that takes away everything you own that makes you realize the objects don’t matter,” said Ethan Fontanez. “It’s all about the people you’re with. My brother. My mom. We’re lucky we still have each other.”
A loss that echoes the past
The timing of the fire adds another layer of heartbreak. On April 14, 2020, the Fontanez family lost their father, Jose Fontanez — the first Boston police officer to die from COVID-19…