HOLLYWOOD – A single mother of three is working hard to navigate raising three young children but it hasn’t been easy and recently she has hit some pretty big roadblocks.
Maya was living out of a motel and making deliveries until she found herself in the middle of a flooded road in April 2023.
“I saw that the rain, it just kept coming,” Maya said.
Maya was in the car with her children in Hollywood when suddenly they found themselves trapped in rising waters.
“The water came in the car. I was trying to get the kids out. We put the two oldest kids on the roof,” she said.
She grabbed her youngest and got out, hoping to come back for the two others.
“The other kids were crying. He was crying,” she said.
They all made it out safely but her car was a total loss.
As they stood in the rain, Dori Lynn Neuwirth heard the kids crying and rushed out to help.
“I just thought well let me invite them in so they can dry off,” Neuwirth said.