‘We heard what sounded like thunder’: Girlfriend recounts fatal tree collapse that killed her boyfriend

ROY, Wash. — Cora Marsh and her boyfriend, Nathaniel Heatherly, weren’t planning to stay long at the Halloween event at McKenna Park in Roy on Saturday afternoon.

They had been running errands in Yelm with Marsh’s son and stopped by the community celebration on their way to another destination. It was their first time attending.

“We were only there for like 20 minutes,” Marsh said, standing near where the massive tree fell. “We were just about to leave.”…

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