We saw pictures of the city and that’s when we started shaking and crying and wondering how we made it out of there, … We only saw what was around us.

On the way there the bus was stopped and an officer got on and looked at us, … We were so afraid he was going to say we were not supposed to be here. But...

We were fortunate, … We had money and credit cards. (At a hotel) we called our families. We took showers. We let our cat out of the cage. An hour later, we realized we could...

It was a living hell, a nightmarish scene, … There were like 20,000 who were at the end of their rope, and without food and water and protection for too long.

Many people there had lost everything, their house, loved ones and all they had left, all they had left was their best friend, … The idea that people had to leave them behind was unthinkable...

But the food was great, … Our chef was doing a fantastic job.

So someone came on the floor and said if you can walk you should leave, … We thought we were in serious trouble. None of us wanted to walk in the water. It looked like...

We all had this panicked look, … That was the place of last refuge and where the majority of people would be. And along with that, we had a lot more water to walk through.

Heading back to the hotel, this was the lowest point,