A family from Altadena, California, has gone viral after a statue of the Virgin Mary was discovered unscathed in the rubble of their home, which was destroyed in wildfires.
Peter and Jackie Halpin, along with their family, fled their house as the Eaton Fire swept through the area, reducing their property of 37 years to ashes. Remarkably, two statues—a Virgin Mary and a Saint Joseph—were found intact among the destruction.
“Everything got fried, but the statues were in perfect condition,” Peter Halpin told Fox News.
The family returned to the site after one member went back to assess the damage, finding the statues untouched.
They responded in prayer and sang a hymn in front of the statues, sharing the moment in a video that has since gone viral online.
“We gave our pain to Christ and his mother,” Andrew Halpin told KTLA 5.
Andrew’s sister, Marie Clare Metcalfe, explained that “faith has always been the foundation of our family, and it will continue to be as we navigate forward.”
The wildfires in Southern California have caused widespread devastation, with the combined death toll from the Palisades and Eaton fires reaching 24 as of Monday.
