“You can either surrender to it or use it as a way for better things to happen,” Irv Bailey said at the state Capitol Wednesday.

The Baileys appeared on the Senate floor as state Sen. Ernie Harris, R-Crestwood, introduced a resolution adjourning the chamber in memory of Solon L. Bailey, 12, and William T. “Liam” Bailey, 10.

The two boys, who were visiting with their parents from Vermont, couldn’t escape the fast-moving fire that engulfed the Bailey’s home at about 4:30 a.m. on Christmas.

“It was like an explosion that happened in our home very, very massive,” said Cathy Bailey, a prominent Republican fund-raiser who served as U.S. ambassador to Latvia from 2005 to 2008.
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