COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – What began as a 40th birthday trip to Jamaica became a fight for survival when Hurricane Melissa struck the island as a Category 5 storm.
Keshayla Wilson and Shaley Espino were trapped in their hotel room at the Riu Palace, 30 minutes outside of Montego Bay, when the hurricane made landfall around 1 p.m. on October 28.
“My travel agent actually called and told me there was going to be a tropical storm. Originally it started as a tropical storm and then it moved into a hurricane category 5,” Wilson said…