FOX Sports Makes Generous Donation During Los Angeles Wildfires
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FOX Sports is reportedly doing its part to take care of the first responders fighting back the wildfires in the network's own backyard.
As Los Angeles firefighters continue to battle the flames that have claimed the lives of at least 27 people and countless acres of property, FOX is making sure they're still able to take in some NFL playoff action during their shift breaks.
Per FOX Sunday personality Jay Glazer, the partnership came together just a couple of days before the network's broadcast of Lions-Commanders on Saturday night.
"My wife and I actually live about 200 yards away. We were evacuated. But this week, like so many others from California, we were coming down bringing protein bars, whatever we could do, just trying to raise morale. Two nights ago, some firemen said, 'You know what we really want? We would really want to watch football.' I said, I know somebody who could make that happen," the insider shared.
"I call our boss over at FOX Sports, CEO Eric Shanks, and he's like, 'What a great idea!' And he got right on it. And within a day, we came down here yesterday and we got this done in a day, where we basically put TVs in the area where these guys come back to their shifts, and them are a lot of 24-hour shifts. They come back and they get a place to decompress, eat. That's where the TVs are," Glazer explained.
"We're not just showing our game on FOX, we're showing all the games this weekend. It's just our way of saying thank you for so many of these people who, you know, they left their own homes to try and save ours," he concluded.
It's certainly a nice gesture for a group of people who have sacrificed so much to try to keep people safe.
Let's hope they're able to make even more progress getting these fires contained over the next 48+ hours.
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