The federal government released a ‘heroic’ video of an 88 and 89-year-old couple being rescued. They are now homeless and grappling with health problems.
LYNDEN, Wash. — When a Coast Guard helicopter lifted Maria Horn from her attic in Sumas during historic flooding last week, it seemed like her ordeal was over. The 88-year-old had survived floodwaters that rose up to her neck, destroying her home. She was whisked to safety by air, dangling in a basket beneath a helicopter, her rescue captured on video that would soon circulate nationally.
“They’re just struggling to get in the basket. They’re probably scared,” the a Coast Guard officer
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