A 105-year-old woman is on the mend after a tornado destroyed her home in Martin County, Florida, while she was inside.
Jane Huston loved the sound, and the view from her Port Salerno home. She lived there alone at age 105.
“She is very independent. She is caring, kind, she loves her family,” Rylee Huston said. “She wants to be in her own home, as long as she can be.”
The twister was one of dozens that struck Florida last week during Hurricane Milton.
Her independence was uprooted last Wednesday night, when a tornado ripped her home in half.
Jane Huston did have a bit of good luck. She’d normally be in her living room, watching TV or reading. But moments before the tornado struck, she went into the bathroom, which stood up to the high winds.”
“The neighbors had pulled her out from the bathroom,” Rylee Huston said.
So, how did the 105-year-old woman survive?
“It’s a miracle,” Rylee Huston said. “I can’t tell you how and why, but she survived.”
The 105-year-old is still in the hospital, where she needed surgery on her foot. She’s healing and also dealing with a badly bruised back.
“She’s distressed. She’s upset,” Rylee Huston said. “She keeps thinking, ‘I want to go home,’ but she doesn’t have a home to go to.”
Rylee Huston isn’t sure if Jane Huston’s home can be rebuilt or where his fiercely, independent great-grandmother will live when she gets out of the hospital.
“She’ll live through it. She always has,” he said. “But I just want her to get back to where she wants to be.”
Rylee Huston has started a GoFundMe page to help his great-grandmother get back on her feet once she's out of the hospital. To donate, click here.
This article was originally published by Dave Bohman for Scripps News West Palm Beach.
