Chicago Couple in Jamaica During Hurricane Melissa Provides Clean Water in Storm Aftermath

Chicago couple in Jamaica during Hurricane Melissa provides clean water in storm aftermath

As Jeff and Lila Funderburg rode out Hurricane Melissa in their Jamaican villa, whipping wind and pouring rain outside was accompanied by desperate pleas for mercy.“The kids were screaming. That was heartbreaking,” Lila Funderburg said. “That was the hardest thing. It was just echoing, echoing. And then you could hear the people, ‘Mercy, God, mercy, God, mercy. Give us mercy,’ just echoing as the wind pushes these voices through. And it was nons…

Disaster Recovery Veterans Push Forward in Jamaica After Hurricane Melissa

Former Green Beret Jeremy Locke returned to Kingston, Jamaica, around 6 a.m. on Nov. 6, in an ongoing effort to bring humanitarian aid to survivors of Hurricane Melissa. The co-founder and COO of Aerial Recovery and his team of volunteers spent the entire night blazing a trail through the mountainous, hurricane-ravaged parishes of western Jamaica to establish contact and deliver drinking water to a small convent of nuns and a home for children w…