'I Am Glad To Still Be Alive': Revisiting Fort Myers Beach 1 Month After Hurricane Ian's Landfall

FOX Weather's Nicole Valdes spoke to Bonnie McLaughlin, a Fort Myers Beach resident, who plans to use the lessons taught by Hurricane Ian to build a better future and help revive Fort Myers Beach. #hurricaneian #foxweather #weather

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[chuckoboy]

This woman is awsome 😍 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONNIE

[EastmanEditing]

Tears of hope watching this! Thank you Bonnie for being an inspiration to me today!

[bywaterbeatsproduction]

Happy Birthday Bonnie! 🎉🎂 Mawmaw a strong survivor 💪🏻

[nshaver]

Such a sweet lady🥰Happy Birthday Bonnie…and many many many more🎉💥🌺🎁🎊🎈🎏🪩🎠🎷🎼🎺🎂

[pamelamallory]

Thank god she made it blessings, ❤️❤️😭🙏🙏🙏Happy birthday 🥳🎉❤️🎉 to her.god was with her and her cats blessed to be here 🙏❤️❤️💯🌀🌀

[brunagoncalves]

Fort Myers Beach need a LOT of Help. People are sleeping on the beach, no water or light and barely any help in the area! I was there this week several nights after work just trying to help with hot meals. They lost everything!

[foxiedogitchypaws]

Happy Birthday Bonny! Take care of those fur kids and yourself 🤗😺😺🦊

[sheilamore]

God bless her she made it through that storm and her cats did too oh I’m so glad they made it that’s wonderful God bless them I hope and pray she gets her home back restored and she’s able to live back in it that’s just horrible what she went through she is very fortunate to be alive and her cats bless her heart she’s so thankful I would be too🥰💜💙❤️💕🙏

[jannadepue]

What a truly inspiring lady Bonnie is! 😅

[leanneadams]

What a sweetie ! I’d love to have her as my neighbor!

[NAYR-JAUAI]

I don't like the thought of trees falling all around me, so I normally jet when I know the storm is coming!

[jenniferhejhal]

ALL THAT PANELING WILL HAVE TO GET THROWN DOWN, ITS GOING TO BE MOLD BEHIND IT. SO SAD THIS HAPPENED BUT PRAISE GOD SHE HAS HER LIFE. BLESSINGS TO HER, HAPPY BELATED BD . AMEN

[Pepper-gbtf]

She finally was able to get in 2 years later.