Greenwood flood victims share their stories
A Greenwood shelter expects to keep its doors open again, even though the Red Cross spent the day helping the flood victims make other arrangements.
24 Hour News 8 was at the shelter early Sunday morning as the victims woke up to realize they hadn’t been having a bad dream.
Seventy-eight year old Oscar Legan woke up at the Community Church of Greenwood thankful to be alive. He said water rushed into his Greenwood basement apartment so fast Saturday, he left without grabbing anything including important medicine.
Mary Vera-Rosas also described the condition of the Greenwood home she and her family fled after the Honey Creek levy broke, “Furniture floating, the doors were shut by the water so we couldn’t get in or out to get anything. The main concern was my family.”
Mrs. Vera-Rosas thought she’d feel better if she could just see the home that police said was still off-limits.
Unexpectedly, the Vera-Rosas family did get into their house. Mary says she’s overwhelmed. She almost wishes she hadn’t been able to get in.
“As you can see, the refrigerator is flipped over. Our food has been, we found food all throughout our house. Furniture shifted from the water, floods, moving everywhere,” Vera-Rosas said.
Her house is a disaster, but her family is fine and she found the missing item she treasured most, her engagement ring.
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