One of the Buffalo Bills flags outside the now-destroyed Italian Kitchen Restaurant survived this week's massive fire, and it gave a morale boost to a number of people in Ovid.

Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny spent 20 days in an intensive care unit, where he was diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that involves bleeding in the brain.

Italian Kitchen was one of the six businesses destroyed in Ovid after a fire burned an entire block to the ground. The next morning, when owner Ron Carmona and General Manager Felix Jordan returned to what was once their bustling business,

Residents in the Town of Ovid have experienced devastation after a fire destroyed multiple businesses and apartments. Despite the mayhem and the current recovery, there is one symbol standing tall for the town — the Buffalo Bills.