Amazing Sandy Survival Story

Teresa Neumann : Nov 12, 2012
Ron Recinto – The Lookout

"As I'm writing this, I'm dying . . . God Almighty, help me." -Note left by "Mike," survivor of Hurricane Sandy

(Toms River, NJ)—A report on Yahoo News has detailed the survival of a 28-year old man named "Mike" who—when a wall of water forced him to evacuate his home during Hurricane Sandy's onslaught—sought shelter in a stranger's house whose owners had fled in advance of the storm.

After Sandy passed, Christine Treglia returned to her home to find several notes from "Mike" scribbled on windows and walls throughout her house. Some of them were "Help Me" signs, but one was a note saying he believed he was going to die. It asked that his father "Tony" be notified in the event they found his body in the house.

The report is riveting in several aspects. Mike was apparently first swept out into the bay after his kitchen was torn apart and flooded. He reportedly spent "hours" trying to swim back home before he finally made it to Treglia's empty home.

"I was swimming for so long," he said, "I was so cold, I thought I was just going to freeze right there. But that lady [Treglia] I felt like for some reason, she knew someone was going to be in that house. She had these wool blankets all over the place. And I just wrapped myself in them."

Eventually, Mike was rescued. He later contacted Treglia to apologize for taking refuge in her house without her permission.

"There was money on the table; I didn't take nothing," he said. "I just took something that would keep me warm."

Click on the link provided to read more details of this incredible tale of survival.