Incredible Story Out of Puerto Rico: How One Man is Connecting Isolated Islanders to Their Loved Ones

Meg Storm : Sep 29, 2017
Faithwire.com

"I'll keep doing this until things get back to normal, or until someone tells me I need to stop—and they better give me a valid reason for asking me not to keep doing this." – Angel Rios Boneta

(Puerto Rico) — [Faithwire.com] Puerto Rico is just beginning to recover from the "apocalyptic" devastation caused by Hurricane Maria—a storm that Governor Ricardo Rossello called "probably the single biggest hurricane catastrophe in the history of the U.S." With more than half the island still without power, families have struggled to get in contact with loved ones and friends. But one man is trying to change that. As ABC News reported, 31-year-old Puerto Rican native Angel Rios Boneta has become somewhat of a modern-day telephone operator, attempting to connect survivors with their families on the U.S. mainland and around the world via social media. (Photo Credit: ABC News/Twitter)

On his personal Facebook page, Rios Boneta has begun posting short videos in both English and Spanish of Puerto Rican residents simply stating who they are and how they are faring in hopes that the messages will make it to their loved ones. In one clip, a man identifies himself as Robert Stone and shares that he wants his family in Virginia, Georgia, and Wisconsin to know he is "okay" and "well taken care of."

"My name is Robert Stone, I live in Utuado, Puerto Rico and I am from Hampton, Virginia and I have friends in Hampton and I have relatives in Georgia and Wisconsin and if they see this thing, know that I am OK and that I'm well taken care of," he said. "That's it."

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