An elderly resident of Guantánamo reacted with emotion upon receiving aid from several Cubans after his home was nearly destroyed by the flooding caused by Hurricane Oscar.
A video shared on Instagram by the user "El Pibe Cubano" shows the moment when compassionate individuals present a refrigerator and food items such as chicken and oil to the gentleman.
"Thank you, man. Thank you, damn it. I have no words to express my gratitude to you or to tell you what... I have no life, every day for me is filled with sadness, bitterness, something that drives me crazy," he said through tears.
According to El Pibe, the man is the grandfather of the child whose house was destroyed by the floods, and he was swept away by the river. He miraculously survived and is currently in the pediatric hospital in Guantánamo after undergoing surgery on his leg, but his mother and stepfather are still missing.
"I urge you all that God grant you life and health, that you keep moving forward and continue to have the opportunity to help every neighbor you can," added the veteran, who lives in the town of Macambo, San Antonio del Sur municipality.
Visibly moved, El pibe mentioned that more people will be coming to help him and shared on his Facebook wall the various ways to send donations.
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Hurricane Oscar struck San Antonio del Sur with great force, where the sea inundated the area and water levels rose to over one and a half meters in some places.
Entire communities were flooded, with homes partially or completely damaged, and residents lost their belongings due to the rapid rise of rivers and streams such as Sabanalamar and Los Ciguatos.
Several residents, in tears, recounted the hours of anguish and desperation they experienced while trying to salvage whatever little they could from their flooded homes.
"The water here was up to our necks," a neighbor recounted to El Pibe. "We lifted them onto a cabinet to save three children we had there," he added.
Another neighbor, her voice trembling, recounted how she watched her belongings being swept away by the current. "I lost everything. I didn't even have time to take out the mattresses. The sea came in so fast that we had no time for anything."
"The hardest part was hearing the children cry," said a father. "They didn't understand what was happening; they only knew that the water was surrounding us and everything was getting wet. We didn't know if we were going to make it out of this."
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