Tyris and Sonya Slocum's home burned Monday afternoon, but when they rushed home from work in response to a neighbor's call they only had eyes for one thing: The blanket-covered body of their pitbull Titan.
"He was our baby," Tyris Slocum said, hugging his crying wife. "Everybody loved him."
The neighbors of the couple at 214 E. 20th St. were crying too. Amelia Woodard said she was home shortly after 1:30 p.m. when she heard two loud booms and at first thought someone had hit her car. When she looked outside, she saw flames at the Slocums' house and immediately thought of Titan, who was home alone.