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Anything still standing. nancy, this is what kept you guys alive? this little room kept us alive. this is it. we came in and hunkered down. shawna was on the ground crying. i was hysterical. reporter: what did it sound like? there was a lot of crashing and banging and whirling. stuff we thought was coming through this wall. reporter: so many in the abaco islands lived through hours that were like a horror movie. like tornadoes touching down every minute. words can t describe it. i don t wish it on nobody. nobody. words can t describe it. they could never categorize this. never. it was like an atomic bomb went off. reporter: residents here tell me their little island paradise ....
Roof reaching. adrian farrington says he jumped in to search for his son, couldn t see anything in the debris-filled water. he then dove down a second time but eventually had to go to higher ground after being battered by all the waves. adrian who is being treated for broken bones suffered during the storm told a local paper that he can still remember his son calling out for him daddy as he was swept away. he said if his son was rescued he would, quote, praise the lord. in a tiny community of just 300 people in abacos, a husband and wife reunited after getting separated during the storm and cnn was there. watch this. oh my god. told you we d be okay. you re okay. [ sobbing ]. you re okay. you re okay. you re going to be okay. you re going to be okay. you re going to be okay, ....
It is so much worse than they feared. home after home, debris scattered in heeaps, boats tossd like confetti. how could anyone survive this? i told you we d get here. you re okay. you re okay. you re going to be okay. reporter: we arrive by helicopter in abaco with billy aubrey embracing his wife shawna after days not knowing if she was dead or alive. they all scrambled to find ....
Mass destruction, home after home, entire rooftops blown away, debris scattered in unrecognizable heaps. boats tossed like confetti. how could anyone survive this. it is okay. are you okay? you re okay. you re okay. you re going to be okay. i know. reporter: we arrived by helicopter, with billy aubry, embracing his wife shawna after days of not knowing if she was dead or alive. she hunkered down in their seaside home until the roof blew off, they struggled to find anything still standing. this is what kept you alive. this little room. ....
We came in, hunkered down. shawna was on the ground, crying. i was hysterical. what did it sound like at the time? it was loud. there was a lot of crashing. i remember all of the crashing and banging and whirling. stuff we thought was coming through the wall. reporter: so many in the abaco islands lived through hours that resemble a horror movie, exposed to winds that topped 250 miles per hour, like tornadoes touching down every minute. words can t describe it. i don t wish it on nobody. nobody has words to describe it. you could never categorize this, never. it was like atomic bomb went off. reporter: residents tell me their little island paradise is unrecognizable even to them. they re resourceful and self reliant, they say, but they ....