Nearly 100 people — including local leaders and lawmakers — volunteered Friday to help residents in the Village of Wellington who were impacted by a devastating tornado earlier this week.
In addition to cleaning up piles of debris along Flying Cow Ranch Road, volunteers handed out water to residents.
“These people that came, they were not people. Those were angels that came here. Angels,” Natasha Erra said. “That time that they could have spent with their families, they spent it here. Some people said they could only come for one hour. I said, ‘I’m not counting how many hours you were here. I’m counting you here. That’s all.'”
Images of the devastation in Wellington of homes hit from by the tornado, mangled cars and ripped off roofs.
“I didn’t think this much damage could happen with a tornado. Never. You know, 39 years of living here never did I think this would happen to me,” Mandy Erhardt said. “I see it always on the news, but now I have to find a place to live and start all over from the bottom.”