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>> It has now been
11 days since Dorian slammed
the northern Bahamas as a
category 5 the strongest
hurricane to ever hit
the islands. The confirmed
death toll remains at 50.
And there’s a list of about
1300 people who remain
unaccounted for.
>> News 4 Jax reporter Vic
micolucci spent the past week
traveling to the hardest hit
areas, including Marsh Harbor
Fox town treasure Cay and
Freeport he just got home late
last night and is joining us
with a look at some of the
devastation you saw there Vick.
>> A difficult sight to see the
say the least it’s truly a
crisis and a lot of pain.
A lot of hurting for days on
the ground that is a long time
in a disaster area. We saw
hundreds of bahamians in
dire need. But also met
hundreds of volunteers from all
over the world who are there
to help Marsh Harbor in the
Abaco says among the hardest
hit parts of the Bahamas.
And that’s where a countless
number of people have died 10’s
of thousands lost their homes
and all their belongings.
The floods and winds
unbelievably unforgiving for
days.
Now this is video of a village
called mud town as we flew
over it in a helicopter
dropping supplies off to those
in some secluded areas look at
that it looks like a landfill
from above. But what you are
seeing is the remains of
people’s homes, their
businesses and their cars,
heartbreaking.
Now I bumped into search teams
from our area. This is video
from a group of firefighters
from Gainesville
fire rescue here they are
saving a dog from the rubble
after he was trapped
4 day. Something that will
bring a smile to your face.
But here is the grim reality.
They also found 10 bodies in 4
days. Though they believe there
are many more beneath the
debris and that is just one
of dozens of teams they’re
working hard day in and day
out.
>> It means was speaking to
the family. It’s kind of people
know is one
of them one of the
reasons that we assisted with
that missions we want to play
some closures.
>> Most people have been
evacuated from the Abaco STA
Nassau, but there are pockets
of survivors still on the
islands take a look at this a
helicopter came from Florida
Justin and Angela Johnson and
the group medic or delivered
supplies to 40 people on
treasure case the day they
shared this video with us that
is enough to keep them going
for days and an interesting
thing is as we were flying in
that same helicopter with that
same team we saw the village
and we did not think that
anyone was there.
>> And the people came out the
next day they found out that
there were about
40 people. My were in dire need
of how thick it tell us about
the security there for the
people who are there Marsh
Harbor treasure.
>> Mary in the Abaco says
there’s next to no security.
There really isn’t at the
airport where the goods are
coming in the helicopters.
You have the US military you
have other government agencies
a lot of armed people
they’re protecting the supplies
protecting the infrastructure.
Go 5 minutes out of town.
I did not see a single police
officer, one member of the
military. There is nothing
there and I heard from
residents who said they decided
to stay because
their homes. Survive to the
storm they do have some
belongings that they’re trying
to keep.
And now they have to be heavily
armed not only do they own
guns, they took guns from their
neighbors and they’re doing
everything they that sometimes
having to fire in the air to
scare off the looters and the
criminals who are taking over.
Some perspective for us if you
Mexico Beach hurricane Michael
just last year you covered that
is well out of the 2 compare.
>> Tom I want to downplay the
devastation in Mexico Beach
because that was a horrible
storm and there are people in
Florida still suffering a
severely.
>> But I have never ever seen
anything like this. This is by
far worse because of the storm
surge because people were and
are so many feet of water and I
met.
Residents there whose loved
ones were washed away.
Literally in front of
their eyes. I’ve been in Puerto
Rico I have covered so many
storms in the aftermath.
Nothing I mean nothing
compares to the West quick Vick
you told me something that just
Sunday when you got off the
planes in these places.
>> And you’re obviously
American or what was reaction.
It was terrible because people were running up to me they saw me with the camera
they saw me getting off
sometimes military planes and
helicopters are
private planes.
>> And they say please help me
Sir get me to the United States
take me with you surely
there’s room. Unfortunately,
while we are very close to the
Bahamas. We have a good
relationship with them.
It is a foreign country and
it’s not as easy as just saying
hey we’ve got spot in this
plane
or helicopter. We can take you
back and you told him I’m so
sorry, if there’s anything I
can do I will.
But I can’t take you back
because us customs does not
allow that right now without a