From tragedy to kindness: Stranger furnishes student’s empty home after fire

In July, a powerful lightning strike sparked a fire that tore through the Heron on the Bluffs apartment complex in Savannah, Georgia, leaving nearly 20 people without a home — including Georgia Southern University student Bella Rosales, who lost everything.

Now, a stranger is turning her heartbreak into hope.

With no renters insurance, no family nearby, and only an internship and a tight college budget to get by, Rosales had no way to replace any of it — until now.

That’s when Mike Horn stepped in.

Horn saw Hearst sister station WJCL’s coverage of Rosales, and her loss struck a chord. He, too, had once lost everything, back during Hurricane Helene.

"Our Statesboro community really stepped up to help me out after the hurricane. Then a week later, I lost my wife to cancer. Just the ov