My brother, Bob Boots, is a construction battalion and has been for more than 20 years and his home base was Gulfport, Miss. He had a house that was only 1,000 feet away from the beach. When we were there, we'd walk to the beach from his house.
Debbie Johnson
home brother walk beach house
At 9: 30 that evening, her girls got scared and left,.. They went to stay with their grandma who's about 30 miles inland. They begged them to come along, but they didn't.. At 5: 30 that morning, the girls were on the phone with them when the house started coming apart.
girls scared morning phone left house evening
After a while, Anna couldn't hold on any longer and she let go,.. They found her body a few days later.
days body found anna
I knew it was foolish of them to stay there,.. I saw how Gulfport had absolutely nothing left. I looked at pictures of where his house might be, but there was nothing there. I was sure he got swept out to sea.
foolish pictures sea left house
Bob was in a hospital in Fairhope, Alabama,.. A few days after he went through triage for his arms, he got an infection. The dirty water got into an open cut and it's a really bad infection. He's being treated with antibiotics through an IV.
days bad water dirty open arms hospital
He blames himself for Anna's death,.. He said, 'If I had left, Anna would still be alive.'
death alive left anna
Some of the boys there are getting paid to help with clean-up efforts,.. Anthony (the older son) doesn't want to leave, but James is supposed to start his senior year of high school, so we want to get everyone together and get them up here.
boys school start son leave james
The people in Alabama have been wonderful to Bob,.. They've brought him clothes and Pastor Adams has visited Bob in the hospital.
people wonderful clothes hospital pastor
A social worker said she was working on an angel flight for them,.. (Angel flights) have been used for medical transports, like for kids who need medical treatment and are too far away from it.. The other options we were looking at, like driving or on a bus, Bob would've chanced getting another infection, and he can't afford (one).
medical kids flight angel working social treatment options driving
His house is gone,.. They found his truck in a tree and the tools he used to work were in the truck. Who knows if they were lost or looted.
work tools lost found tree house
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