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Life for Howard Armstrong after Dorian Takes All

On Monday, September 2, 2019, Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Grand Bahama Islands while remaining stationary for over 24 hours over Freeport. Dorian brought with her winds of 225 mph and a storm surge of over 30ft. Everything was underwater if not already flattened by the winds. Hundreds of Bahamians lost their lives, their homes and their belongings. My father, Howard Armstrong a self made seccessful fisherman, was one of those Bahamians. Dorian stole everything from my father. The rising water carried away his vehicles and 4 of his boats. Both to locations that have yet to be found. All his lifes work gone in an instant. All of his belongings his memories stripped right out from under him. Water continued to fill the home he and my step-mother Lynn had spent years building together from the ground up. It continued to fill the home until there was no room left to fill. Struggling to stay above the now freezing wate.r they claimed on top of furniture and then the countertops. But eventually the countertops gave way. My daddy held Lynn in his arms trying both warm her freezing body and keep her head above the water. But it was to late, already freezing from hypothermia and weak Lynn slipped under as she tried to take a breath and her lungs filled with water as she drowned still being held by her husband of almost 30 years. It is then, that Dorian truely stole everything from my father. There is absolutely nothing in the would that can bring back all that has been taken from him. There is no way he can rebuild the life he had prior to the devastation brought by Dorian. As difficult as it may be, with help, he can start again, he can have a New beginning. Life can and will go on after Dorian. I video http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/fisherman-tried-to-save-wife-as-dorian-destroyeddatedd-their-home https://www.wtxl.com/news/world/a-bahamas-fisherman-had-to-watch-helplessly-as-his-wife-drowned
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  • Melinda Lanigan
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    • 4 yrs
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Meghann Gaines
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Tallahassee, FL
Debbie Lambert
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