At a press briefing on Thursday, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) spoke about walking through his home following the arson.
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00:00I mean, look, all I'm going to say is that we're so grateful to everyone who got our entire family out safely, and that is the most important thing, that we're all still standing here today, and we're all safe, and, you know, it was a hard experience going back there today was a hard experience, but
00:30as Josh said, we're all very resilient, and we are grateful that everyone is safe and grateful to all the helpers.
01:00Tom, when we walked through there today, I think we couldn't help but think about the spot where the candles that we had lit to begin the holiday were, or where the table was that we were sitting as we led the Seder, the Passover meal.
01:24As I kind of looked around the room, I imagined where our family was and where the guests from across the Commonwealth sat, and it was very, very moving for us, and again, you just thank God that everyone got out safe.
01:39The resident staff in the Department of General Services has been able to collect a number of the ritual items and other items that were in the room.
01:50Some just required a dusting and a cleaning.
01:54Others are destroyed.
01:56They've made – they've put them together.
01:59I know some will stay with the residents.
02:01Some will end up in the state museum and the state archives, and we're going to work through that to make sure that the public who wants to be able to
02:09know what happened there will be able to see some items, that we'll be able to have some of our personal items, and that other items will continue to be able to be used at the residence, not just during our time, but with, you know, with future governors and first families.