A couple who lost everything when a hurricane flooded their home managed to save their ten dogs by floating them all in a bucket.
Their daughter, Betty Vaquera Escandon, recorded the moment her parents Beatriz Escandon and Santos Vaquera Herrera, drag a bucket containing ten dogs down the street in Santa Cecilia.
She shared the heartwarming video on Facebook and wrote: “My parents lost everything… but they were able to get their babies out.”
The video quickly went viral and people offered their support, saying they wanted to adopt or buy the dogs.
But Vaquera Escandon said: “We are not putting the puppies for sale or profiting from them. For us they are part of the family.”
In an interview with Daily Mail, Vaquera: “Unfortunately they live in a disaster area since the neighborhood is near a sewage drain.
“The (state and city) government have been asked many times to help fix that area because when it is flooded, what comes out is pure wastewater.
“But they pay very little attention to the calls, I imagine because in Reynosa we are not the only ones that are flooded, there are many more colonies that have the same problem.”
One internet user commented: “For those with a good heart and priorities straight, it is an easy choice to pick loved ones over material.”
Another wrote: “I wish the world would heed Vaquera’s sentiment, ‘We are not putting the puppies up for sale or profiteering from them. They are family…”
Hurricane Hanna was the first of the 2020 Atlantic season. Three people were reported missing in Monterrery and at least two died in Ramos Arispe. In the border city of Reynosa, three people were also said to be missing.
A maternity hospital was destroyed by the hurricane, with many patients evacuated to different facilities.
Over 1,300 asylum seekers in Matamoros were forced to endure the impact of the flooding because of Hanna.
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