Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Fox 61 Reports: Connecticut native who retired Puerto Rico escapes Maria’s aftermath

Help John Rebuild After Hurricane Maria. (John Rossier)
Home of John Rossier, Mayaguez, PR
MIDDLETOWN --  When Middletown native John Rossier moved to Puerto Rico in 2012, it was an

island of paradise with a climate that was tailor made for his health issues.

He had a little wood frame tin roof home in Aguadilla on the northwest corner of the island. And even though he wasn't terribly concerned about Hurricane Maria, he decided it wasn't the place to ride out the storm.

He tried to fly out, but the storm disrupted that plan where he tried to find space in a shelter.
"That was completely packed, there was a line 600 people long to get in," said Rossier.
So he went to a friend's house in nearby Isabella, which he said ended up taking the brunt of the storm.

"I heard a gigantic roar making noise and that was nonstop for 12 hours, unrelenting for 12 hours," said Rossier.

Rossier said "I closed the windows as fast as I could. I laid down in the corner of the home at a 90 degree angle, the concrete home, the home filled with water, even though it was on a hill. Rain and wind was so intense it came right through the closed windows," said Rossier.

Read the entire report an watch John's interview, here on Fox61.com

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