This Hurricane Dorian victim found his wife's glasses, diary and rosary -- but not her body
Hurricane Dorian victim finds his wife's glasses, diary and rosary -- but not her bodyBy Patrick Oppmann and Jaide Garcia, CNNChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.
Freeport, Bahamas Since Hurricane Dorian laid waste to his home and island, Howard Armstrong has been on a grim quest: to find the body of his wife, Lynn. Howard and Lynn were hunkered down in their one-story home in Freeport on the island of Grand Bahama when Dorian roared in as a Category 5 hurricane on September 1. The storm sliced houses in two, hurled cars into the ocean and uprooted whole lives on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama. With winds exceeding 200 mph and a storm surge of over 20 feet in places, Dorian was the most catastrophic storm to ever hit the Bahamas.
Man lost everything in the hurricane, including his wife 02:27We met Howard hours later after he was saved, standing on a partially submerged bridge that had become the staging point for the volunteer rescue crews. He was waiting there to see if his wife's body would be recovered. The interview we did with him on the bridge was seen around the world and generated an outpouring of sympathy for the 66-year-old fisherman who lost everything.
Video from the ground shows extensive damage in the Bahamas 01:17Many people in Freeport have electricity and brackish, salty water from their taps that they can bathe with, but officials warn against drinking it.In Marsh Harbor and much of the rest of Abaco there is no power or water. Neighborhoods resemble ghost towns as thousands of people have fled the disaster areas for other islands in the Bahamas or the US.
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