The first thing Johnny Lauder heard when he arrived at his 86-year-old mother's house in Naples, Florida, after Hurricane Ian was the sound of her screaming. Karen, who has one leg and is wheelchair-bound, was stuck in chest-high floodwaters.
In one photo, Johnny Lauder's 86-year-old mother is in her Florida home, submerged nearly to her shoulders in black murky water, staring straight at the camera, mouth open.
In this photo provided by Johnny Lauder, Lauder's mother, Karen Lauder, 86, is submerged nearly to her shoulders in water that has flooded her home, in Naples, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, following Hurricane Ian. "That's how I unintentionally documented the whole ordeal," he said. Instead, Ian ravaged Florida as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S. and sent more than 3 feet of water around her home, trapping her inside. She called her son for help.
He put her on a table and bundled her in dry sheets from a high shelf. He worried about the sores around her body - open wounds that were dangerously susceptible to infection in the bacteria-ridden floodwater. Lauder said his mom was later taken to a hospital, because she had some infections."But they were treated, and she's warm. She's in a soft comfy bed. She's good," he added.
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