General Manager Troy Brazelton of recently opened Max Video Games reclines at his desk in a dark stock room filled to the brim with gaming merchandise. It seems that he and his staff are finally starting to arrive to the end of a nightmare that has reared its ugly head for six long months. The journey has not been an easy one by any stretch, but the employees of the Woodstock video game retailer have bounced back from an armed robbery last September that left part of their business, then under the Play N Trade umbrella, in flames and the year-old Brazelton with severe burns on the right side of his body.

Although he is still recovering from the injuries and psychological trauma he sustained that day, Brazelton still stops by occasionally and is pleased to see how the new, independently owned store is holding up. Lots of trade-ins, people bringing us stuff to get us going and helping us out. One of the men is year-old Zack Crider, who opened Play N Trade on the morning of the robbery.

He is ecstatic about the new store on Bells Ferry Road and what it means in terms of security. I feel great coming to work in an open area.

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The long road that Brazelton, Crider and the other employees have taken began on Sept. After locking Crider and his coworker in the bathroom, the assailants snatched all of the new games and took them to a vehicle parked at the back of the store before proceeding to pour gasoline all over the stock area.

Then the bathroom door opened. The two employees fled to a nearby Taco Bell before the men lit the gasoline as they left, creating a blaze in the back of the store. Brazelton was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he spent just over two weeks recovering from the initial injuries. I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder from it because of nightmares of being on fire, just constantly reliving the event.

The entire store was affected. The water just sat there for four and a half hours, so gasoline spread throughout the store. Play N Trade reopened its doors soon after the incident, but the environment inside was less than ideal for a retailer.

After the carpet was ripped up and the ceiling was removed, the store was essentially a large concrete box. For months, transactions were carried out on folding plastic tables. A major renovation was necessary, requiring an investment from the landlord of the property. In the six months that followed, that investment never came.

Then, a new opportunity arose. With the help of a new financial backer, Brazelton and his employees were given a chance to begin anew. Finally beginning to emerge from the storm, everyone is relishing in their new beginning. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account.

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