Ngomhla ka-22 Meyi 2005, i-TV ebonakalayo ethandwa kakhulu i-TV Show Extreme Makeover: I-Home Edition yashicilela isiphetho se-season - isiqephu esikhethekile sehora ama-2 ngokuthuthukiswa okwedlulele ekhaya lomndeni wakwaLori Piestewa.
ULori Piestewa wayengowokuqala waseMelika owabulawa empini ye-Iraq. I-convoy yayo yaxoshwa, futhi yafa ngo-Mashi 23, 2003. Umngani wakhe omkhulu nomuntu ohlala naye, uJessica Lynch, waba ngu-POW futhi kamuva wasindiswa.
ULori Piestewa wayengumama ongayedwa wezingane ezimbili ezincane. Wahlala eTuba City, e-Arizona endaweni yokubhuka. ULori wayengumNdiya waseHopi. Ngemva kokufa kwakhe, unina nobaba wakhe bazimisele ukukhulisa izingane zakhe ezimbili. Babehlala kusukela ekukhokha imali ukuze bakhokhele ekhaya elidala, eligijima phansi. Babenekhaya, kodwa hhayi izwe.
UJessica Lynch noLori Piestewa benza isivumelwano. Bavuma ukuthi uma kukhona okwenzeka kumunye wabo, ukuthi omunye uzoqinisekisa ukuthi umndeni unakekelwa. UJessica Lynch wahamba phambili - wafaka isicelo ku- Extreme Makeover: I-Home Edition ukuze agcwalise iphupho likaLori: ikhaya lapho umkhaya wakhe wonke ungahlala ndawonye futhi ujabule. Bamukele isicelo sakhe, bememezela ukuthi lokhu kuyinto eyinselele kakhulu kunazo zonke okwamanje. Babe nesonto elilodwa.
Ukwenyuka Okuqakathekileko Enkumbulweni KaLori Piestewa
Ngesikhathi umndeni wasePiestewa uthunyelwa eholidini elikhokhelwayo ukuya DisneyWorld , uTy Pennington kanye nabasebenzi bakhe baya emsebenzini wokuthenga umhlaba nokuzakhela ikhaya.
Nazi ezinye izinto ezivelele zephrojekthi.
Ukwenyuka Kweqile Kuzuze ama-acres angu-5 ekhaya ekhaya lase-Flagstaff, e-Arizona endaweni lapho umkhaya wasePiestewa wawuthemba khona ukuhambisa amathuba amaningi kubantwana. Ngemuva kokuthi kwakhiwa ikhaya, elinye uhlangothi lwakhiwe ukuze libe nombono ohlala njalo wezintaba zezintaba zaseSan Francisco Peaks.
Lapho beqala iphrojekthi, kwakungenamanzi, ugesi, i-septic noma amanye amasevisi ezweni.
Indlu izisebenzi zokuvolontiya ezakhayo zaphela cishe ngamamitha angu-4 000 ngegumbi lokudlala elihlukile lezingane, nekamelo elikhethekile lapho zonke izithombe zeLori Piestewa, impahla, kanye nezikhumbuzo zikhonjiswa. Indlu yangaphakathi yenzelwe ingcebo yomndeni waseMelika yaseMelika.
Ikamelo lendodana encane lenzelwe ngokuphelele ngethimba le-Lego; ekamelweni lentombazane elinesihloko sephrinta, sigcwaliswe ngekhamera egcwele izingubo ze-princess kanye nombhede womqeqeshi wamakhosikazi. Ibhaja ne-corral zakhiwa ihhashi eyanikezwa emndenini emva kokufa kukaLori Piestewa.
Indlu yenzelwe uhlelo oluthile oluyingqayizivele yamandla, ukuhlanganisa amandla aso kanye namandla omoya ukunciphisa izindleko zabo zamandla ngamaphesenti angama-65%. I-Shea Homes yakha indlu, futhi yanikeza lo mndeni imali eyizigidi ezingama-50,000. AmaSears ahlinzeka ngemishini yekhaya, futhi anikeze izingubo ezingaphezulu kuka $ 300,000 emindenini ekubhukeni. Baya endlini ngendlu behambisa izikhwama zokugqoka. I-Breuner inikeze ifenisha yendlu.
Ngesikhathi indlu yasePiestewa isakhiwa, abasebenzi abahlukene bahlanganisa isakhiwo se-Veterans Affairs kubo bonke amaMelika aseMelika abasebenzela izwe lethu, kodwa ayenakho indawo yokuhlangana kuze kube manje.
Lesi yisikhungo esinabantu abaningi, nesigumbi esikhulu senkomfa, amakamelo okuhlangana kanye nezinsiza eziningi. Le phrojekthi yecala yaqedwa ngezinsuku ezintathu kuphela. I-Squaw Peak ePhoenix yabizwa kabusha ngokuthi iPiestewa Peak ekuhloniphekeni kukaLori ngemuva kokufa kwakhe. Ithimba le- Incourme Extreme lenyukela entabeni ethandwa kakhulu ePhoenix ehamba ngezintaba ukuze ibeke isikhala sokukhumbula esiqongweni.
Kwakungekho iso elomile endlini yethu njengoba sibheke lolu hlelo olucindezelayo ngoLori Piestewa nomndeni wakhe, amaphupho akhe, umngane wakhe omkhulu, umphakathi wakubo, kanye neqembu labantu abangabazi ababehlangene ukuze bacebise yonke impilo yabo. Kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba nomndeni onomusa, othobekile, futhi ofanelekile kunamaPiestewas, abantu abalula abathande indodakazi yabo, futhi bahlale beqhosha ngaye namuhla njengoba beqhosha ngaye lapho esaphila.