Ninety percent of Fort Myers Beach, a town in South West Florida was destroyed by monster Hurricane Ian. 

Fort Myers Beach residents were pulling carts filled with their belongings across the bridge. 

Many died and those who lived to see another day, still reckon with the painful experience of living through the storm and pondering what the future holds. 

While talking to them, the sudden realization of trauma and loss. 

CGTN’s Nitza Soledad Perez reports on this heartbreaking story.

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