As Hurricane Ian flooded Naples, Florida, one man went to rescue his 86-year-old mom from her home after she had refused to evacuate.
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.
Before the storm hit, Lauder said his mother — who lost a leg and requires a wheelchair — “ kicked and screamed” and said she didn't want to leave her home in Naples, Florida. “We didn’t evacuate because we couldn’t leave her behind,” he explained. “She said the water was up to her wheelchair and hitting her belly button,” Lauder said. He was sheltering at his son's house, a half-mile from his mom.
They waited three hours for the water to subside, so he could push her through the streets in her wheelchair. When the water was a couple of feet high, he called for his 20-year-old son to join them and help push grandma to safety.
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