The woman who worked as a podcast co-host with Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce described the pain she felt after the journalist died as a result of a devastating house fire.
Pierce and her three children – sons Hudson, 8, and Cayden, 6, and daughter Avery, 4 – tragically passed away in a house fire on March 21.
As tributes to the mother and writer rolled in, Wild rinkside reporter Kirsten Krull described what she felt after hearing her weekly alarm to record the Bardown Beauties Podcast she co-hosted with Pierce.
‘Every Monday me and Jessi would sit down to record the Bardown Beauties Podcast. This morning my phone buzzed with a notification that the record is coming up, except today it’s not,’ Krull posted to her X account.
‘Logging onto my computer, sitting at my desk with my microphone where we recorded was another hard thing I haven’t yet done but have to continue to do.’
‘I know me and so many others are feeling this, it’s cruel that the world doesn’t stop when terrible things happen even when we desperately beg for it to. The world keeps moving even when we feel like we can’t. All we can do is continue to try to move forward the best we can.
Kirsten Krull (L) paid tribute to her Bardown Beauties podcast co-host Jessi Pierce (R)
Pierce and her three children died in a tragic house fire in Minnesota over the weekend (her husband, pictured, did not pass away in the blaze)
Krull remembered Pierce as a devoted mother who ‘made ever moment special’ for her kids
‘My heart hurts for everyone today just doing their best to make it through the day. But for as long as I can, I’ll keep my Monday podcast record notifications on because it reminds me of how much special time I was able to share with Jessi weekly.’
Krull also opened up about her late co-host in an interview with SKOR North, remembering Pierce as a devoted mother who ‘made every moment special’ and made sure her children ‘knew that they were loved.’
Pierce and her children – as well as her dog – were found dead in her home after neighbors noticed smoke coming from the roof of their home.
While the cause remains under investigation, preliminary details provided by investigators suggest the fire was not an act of arson, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune.
‘Our priorities are, first and foremost, being present for those directly affected by this tragedy, conducting a thorough investigation, and ensuring our first responders involved in this incident heal alongside the community,’ the Fire Department said.
Neighbor Julie Andrus, who has lived next to the Pierces for seven years, told the Star Tribune about the fire: ‘We were sleeping. By the time the cops woke us, it was like a tornado of smoke.’
Andrus also described the family as ‘so nice’ and added that the children were always out playing in the yard.
