Days after Hurricane Ian shattered Fort Myers, a local church held a service outside its damaged building. Experiences from survivors came pouring out.
FORT MYERS, Florida — On Sunday morning, several dozen seniors trickled into a shattered Fort Myers church not far from where Hurricane Ian made landfall a few days earlier.
The church insisted on holding a service – even if it had to be held outside – for a vulnerable community thunderstruck by loss and trauma. At one point, he spotted a struggling elderly woman beset by the current. He was able to reach out and pull her in. “I don’t know how she held on,” he said.“I might not make it through this,” he recalled thinking, his eyes welling up.
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