“It’s awesome. I get choked up. It’s what we do. I was in Hurricane Michael. My area was affected. I know what it is like. It’s great to be able to help these people,” said American Red Cross shelter manager Jim Ball.
News4JAX on Monday spent the day in the rural areas in and around Arcadia, a town in DeSoto County east of Fort Myers.
“It was just terrifying. I was yelling for my kids to hold onto each other and not let go. My youngest son, I was holding him,” Castle recalled. “It was really scary.”created a GoFundMe accountNearly two weeks later, with a flooded car and nowhere to go, they’re still at a shelter, thanks to the American Red Cross.
“Just sitting and listening to them. They don’t need me to say anything. Let them talk. I was out here this morning with a lady. She shows me pics from her childhood. They’re grieving. They’ve lost a lot,” Ball said.
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