Long-term recovery is ongoing, and those who stood up to make a difference are continuing to be honored, nearly five months after back-to-back hurricanes rocked the Tampa Bay area last fall.
U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (FL-14) and local officials gathered at the St. Petersburg Police Department Friday to honor seven citizens as “Hurricane Heroes.”
“Even as I was doing press conferences in this room, I did not know that some of our team leaders who were in the press conference were dealing with four feet of water in their home at the time,” said St. Petersburg Mayor Kenneth Welch. “They didn’t know if they had a home to go back home to, yet they were doing the best thing for our community.” Read more at www.stpetecatalyst.com.
