He spent 20 years taking care of 100 koi fish until the power outage from last week’s storm killed them all.
The Havertown fish, valued at an estimated $100,000, died after the power failure deprived them of much-needed oxygen, writes Jadon George for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Tom East’s koi pond was praised by family and neighbors alike as they admired the multicolored tropical fish living in a pond that included a bridge and waterfall.
Some of the fish grew three feet long during their two decades in East’s Havertown backyard..
Then, on June 19, a severe storm knocked an ivy tree into power lines, cutting the electricity that added oxygen to the pond.
The power was out at East’s home for two days, long enough to kill off the fish.
“When I went out to feed them on Saturday, I noticed that all of them had died,” East, 76, said.
East said he was wounded deeply by the loss.
Find out more about Tom East’s lost fish in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
