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Only In Print: One Mother’s Story of Basement Flooding: Storm’s Tragedy, Bits of Respite

Leticia Orta lost nearly everything when the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded her basement. (Photo courtesy: Leticia Orta)

WINDSOR TERRACE — Leticia Orta lost nearly everything when the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded her basement apartment in Woodside on the night of Sept. 1. But she hasn’t lost her faith.

“I know God is going to help me and I am going to be OK,” said Orta, a parishioner of St. Mary’s Winfield Church, Woodside…


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