In October, I was working with a site survey team in Charlotte County, FL. Hurricane Ian had rolled through there just a month earlier, and I had come down from Wisconsin to serve with Team Rubicon in response.
The last Wednesday in October, we rolled up to Susan’s house—a double-wide trailer that sustained significant damage both inside and out. After touring her property and interviewing Susan, the slight-of-build, elderly homeowner asked if we could do her just one favor: Could we comb through the wreckage of her lanai and find a blue afghan she had just completed for her niece, who is like a daughter to her?
We stood there for a minute contemplating. Our team did not have the PPE we’d need to climb into the heap of debris that now was her lanai. We did, however, have a TR chainsaw team in the neighborhood. So, we called them over.
When the chainsaw team arrived, Sawyers Mo and Jay cheerfully agreed to help, jumped in, and promptly found the afghan. Susan was so happy, and there were hugs all around. Despite the chaos and destruction all around, a little TR teamwork helped this homeowner find a bright spot in the middle of her own adversity.
