“God, I reject drowning, I will not drown”
“It was a lonely dark night…everyone’s trying to survive”
“It was a life changing experience”
“I managed to kill, conquer and survive to be here today”

“Being a part of a team that people depend on, you almost feel hopeless or helpless because you can’t help them at some point.”

“I was more concerned about the long term impact–how were we going to recover from it? Because I knew the government was not prepared or capable of dealing with a storm of that magnitude.”