RALEIGH - People had prayed for weeks that the big black bus would drive down Poplar Street and stop at the home of Linda and William Riggins. The appeal had been raised through churches and e-mail groups for something good to happen to a woman who spent years putting other people's needs above her own.
On Thursday, the answer rolled down Poplar Street and stopped at No. 207. Hunky host Ty Pennington and the crew from "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" used a bullhorn to let Riggins and her family know they had been selected.
"I've never been so excited," said Freddy Johnson, a longtime friend and co-founder of the ministry where Linda Riggins works. "I broke down this morning when I saw her coming out."
Over the next six days, a crew of designers and carpenters -- plus several hundred volunteers -- will reconstruct the Rigginses' home near Peace College and nearby Building Together Ministries. While streets are closed, city buses rerouted and construction crews are on the job around the clock, the family will be at Disney World on the show's dime. They'll return for "the reveal," which usually ends with tears and screams of joy on the ABC Sunday night series.
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I was hoping to go over there tomorrow to watch the demolition, but because the streets are so narrow in that old part of town, they have blocked off the whole neighborhood. I would have to park and walk a few miles to get to it. Even the buses are being detoured for the whole next week.
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