
Warrior Met Coal, Tuscaloosa Habitat to Partner on New Home for Crash Survivors
Habitat for Humanity will partner with Warrior Met Coal to build a new home for a family who survived a catastrophic car crash in Tuscaloosa in summer 2022, they announced Tuesday.
The new home will be part of Habitat Tuscaloosa's Milestone Neighborhood in West Tuscaloosa and is for Kara Martin Jemison and her children.
As the Thread reported when it happened, Jemison and the kids were involved in a major accident on a ramp between Skyland Boulevard and Interstate 20/59, and two of the children were seriously injured.

Incredibly, all survived, but her twins Malcolm and Miracle were left unable to walk. Although Malcolm has since recovered, Miracle still uses a wheelchair.
This new house, sponsored by Warrior Met, incorporates an accessible and accommodating floorplan developed specifically for the family's needs.
Habitat volunteers and Warrior Met Coal workers will meet with Kara Martin Jemison at the construction site on Monday morning for a wall-raising, then the building process will kick off in earnest - WMC has pledged to send workers several days a week, and Habitat said they could finish the house as soon as May 2025.
Other project partners include students in the Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy construction trades programs and High Socks for Hope, who will fully furnish the home once it's finished.
Though the construction costs are covered by sponsors like Warrior Met, the Nick's Kids Foundation and others, Habitat homes are not free - homeowners purchase their houses at fair market value through 0% interest, 30-year mortgages and are also required to put in 250 hours of labor in the build.
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