Couple with ties to WA rescued from Jamaica after hurricane tears hotel roof off

Ryan and Cindy Litchfield traveled to Jamaica to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, but soon found themselves trapped when Hurricane Melissa swept through.

SEATTLE — A couple who lived in Redmond for 40 years is heading home Friday after being trapped in Jamaica for four and a half days when Hurricane Melissa became one of the most powerful storms to make landfall in nearly a century.

Ryan and Cindy Litchfield had traveled to Jamaica to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, expecting a peaceful return to West Coast from paradise. Instead, hours before their scheduled flight home to California, the airport shut down and their Montego Bay

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