That community was forever changed Jan. 7 as the Eaton Fire bore down on Altadena. Carter — who lived near Loma Alta Drive and Fair Oaks Avenue with his wife and children — and his family evacuated with some of their belongings.
But all that’s left of their home, which they owned for 32 years, is a charred metal door and their pool. Everything else is ash.
Yet Carter is already back to delivering mail to the residents whose homes survived the hopscotch of destruction. It’s been heartening, he said, to come back and see how people respond.
When Rory McKenna and Kimberly Junmookda, who live along Carter’s route, found out their beloved postman lost his home, they rallied the neighborhood.
They knew Carter wouldn’t ask for help.
So Junmookda printed a flier, knocked on doors and told neighbors what happened.
