For Jessica Eshleman, she isn't just shocked about her mud-choked home, she also lost her friend who was killed in rushing floodwaters in Orange County.
"We discovered her remains, she was in the bottom of a ravine," Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus said. "It was very dangerous for the first responders that had to get her out of there. We saw the debris falling on them as they tried to get her onto high land where we could get her back to the Medical Examiner's Office.""I'm still kind of in shock. I lost everything," said Eshleman, the victim's friend.
One town away, Governor Kathy Hochul toured Highland Falls, where a layer of mud covers everything and where county leaders have activated a shelter for those flooded out of their homes.
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