At exactly 5:30, because I was watching my watch very closely, I just felt the entire building shaking and it looked like the entire ceiling just moved, |
bedroll to bedroll about the size of a single sleeping bag. |
Dan King is my hero. |
I can remember, we walked by one little shop and the owner was just sitting there on the steps with his head in his hands like he didn't know what he was going to do. I felt so sorry for him. |
I looked at the ceiling and expected it to fall. |
I thought I was a goner, I really did, |
I tried to get them to book a flight into Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and they just said, 'There are no flights,' |
I was lucky, I had a Verizon phone and it had great service all through the storm, |
In Salt Lake City, a lady said, 'There's a hurricane in Florida,' and I said, 'Oh, I'm glad I'm not going to Florida,' and I didn't think any more about it, ... I didn't have any idea that a hurricane was even approaching when I got there. I wasn't aware of it, not at all. |
That really meant a lot to him and to me, ... Those are the great kids we have here at Beaver High School. Great kids. |
The only time I broke down and ever cried was when I got to Dallas. And I cried and I cried, ... The fellow who was issuing my ticket said, 'Would you like a window seat, ma'am.' I said, 'Anywhere you want to put me. I just want to be on an airplane.' |
The Sheraton Hotel took very good care of us. I feel like I owe my life to the Sheraton Hotel, I do, ... My airline pulled out on me, but out there, hotels pulled out and abandoned their guests. Hotels all around us... I would much rather have had my airline pull out on me than my hotel. |
There were no jesters, there were no bands, there were no people expect for us, |