There have been, thankfully, an influx of stories in Texas and now in Florida that show who we really are when disaster hits.
Simple acts of service or sacrifice. That are far from simple for those on the receiving end. Or for those of us that hear about it and are inspired and hopeful for our future.
Pam Brekke lives with her elderly father in Sanford, Florida. He is on an oxygen machine that runs on electricity. She drove to a Lowes after she found out that they had just received 200 generators only an hour before. And generators have been bought up as fast as they hit the shelves throughout Florida as the Hurricane approaches. So she immediately got in her car to drive the 35 miles to Orlando to buy one.
She was literally one customer away from getting one. She was told that the customer in front of her had received the very last one.
And she started to cry.
That is when Ramon Santiago, until then a stranger, walked over to her.
And insisted that she take his generator.
Her reaction says it all.
A local reporter, Nancy Alvarez, was there buying batteries, and filmed this on her cell phone. She told the store manager about it.
They had Ramon come back to the store the next day. Where Lowes had a generator delivered to the store...specifically to give to Ramon as a thank you for his act of generosity and kindness.
Another example of why and how we’re going to pull through.
