Seniors From Viral Photo Are All Safe, Warm And Dry

August 29, 2017

The senior citizens who appeared in a photo showing them submerged in chest-deep water in a Texas assisted-living center flooded by Hurricane Harvey over the weekend have been rescued and relocated to a nearby facility and a hospital.

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Tim McIntosh, whose mother-in-law owns the assisted-living facility in Dickinson, Texas, told The Associated Press Monday the National Guard rescued 20 people Sunday, about three hours after he shared the photo on Twitter.

nursing home residents safe before after hurricane harvey
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The senior residents were all rescued by helicopter.

David Popoff, the city's emergency management coordinator, told the Galveston County Daily News, "We were air-lifting grandmothers and grandfathers."


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