When Hurricane Ian devastated southwest Florida in September 2022, longtime resident Mary Wojciechowski made it out alive, but she suffered unimaginable loss.
Mitch Pacyna, her life partner since 1992, was among the more than 150 people killed by the storm. The couple’s Fort Myers Beach home for 18 years was reduced to pilings, as seen in the new docuseries Survival Mode, airing Mondays at 10/9c p.m. on NBC and streaming next day on Peacock.
But a tiny — and furry — source of light shone through the darkness. The couple’s beloved dog, Lulu, escaped the hurricane’s fatal fury despite being washed away after jumping out of Wojciechowski’s arms into the flood water…