From Fox 59 News:
A living legacy built over the course of nearly three decades was ravaged by a fire within hours on Saturday afternoon.
The “For Bare Feet” warehouse in Helmsburg, Indiana is well known for making all kinds of socks and selling them around the world.
The fire collapsed the roof and damaged sewing equipment and merchandise inside the building. Two people were working inside, but no one was hurt.
Founder and owner Sharon Rivenbark built the store 27 years ago when she found out her son Tim was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Rivenbark wanted to give her son something to do with the life he had left.
n 1987, Tim passed away, but the homegrown business was booming and eventually Rivenbark opened stores around the world. She said the family business had become her son’s legacy.
“This is what we have left of Tim. And it’s a growing, breathing, living entity that’s him,” she said in a 2009 interview with Fox59.
Now that tribute is covered in ash and the loss is estimated in the millions of dollars.
“It’s a terrible tragedy,” said Rivenbark. “All of the knitting machines are gone and it looks as though there’s a great deal of smoke damage to the inventory.”
What is not damaged, however, is Rivenbark’s drive and determination to pull through. She plans to rebuild.
“We’ll make it bigger and better and stronger,” she said. “We will definitely pull ourselves up and we’ll just get it going again.
Fire investigators did not have a cause for the fire, but believe it started in the back of the building near the generator and compressor.
Again, I don't need socks, but I hear these are really popular among the humans. So sorry this happened...hopefully the rebuilding will happen soon and folks can take the factory tour.
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