Hurricane Ida Relief for Ummi and Abu

 

My mother awoke the night of Wednesday, September 1 to the sound of gushing water. She stood up from bed and realized that the water was quickly rising gushing out of the toilet and through the doors nearly reaching her chest. She first tried getting out of the apartment via the front door but because of the strength of the water and the fact that the basement had already flooded the door would not open. She could not open the  window of her bedroom herself so she called out for help. A neighbor heard her and was able to rip off the screen to lift and carry her out through the window. All of our neighbors in the apartment complex had already evacuated and stood in the parking lot. No one realized that my mother was still inside the building. Had it not been for Allah waking her up, I fear for what she may have slept through...

 

Because their apartment is located in a basement, the destruction of Hurricane Ida was particularly devastating. Nearly all of their life long possessions destroyed-obliterated-crushed. The only possessions that remained untouched were the prayers on the walls and their Quran.

This couldn't have come at a more devastating time as my Ummi is also just recovering from an 8-hour surgery to repair her trachea that she had a few weeks prior to the hurricane.

 

My Ummi and Abu are currently residing in a hotel for the moment so this fundraiser is to help them with moving expenses, finding a new residence, and replacing furniture and clothes. I will also say my Ummi and Abu are still in great spirits and extremely thankful to be alive. They realize and have reiterated to me that these are only lost possessions and they still have their faith-each other-their lives.