Mark Robinson fastened his helmet, adjusted his drysuit, and jumped into the raging water. Debris was flying everywhere, propelled by the driving winds from Hurricane Milton’s eyewall as it hit Florida on Oct. 9.
Robinson’s companions reported seeing movement in a car that had stalled and was being swamped by the rising waters. Concerned there was someone in need of rescue, he didn’t think twice.
“I walked out into the storm surge and basically got myself over to the car,” he said.
Luckily, they were wrong; the owner of the car had fled beforehand like everyone else in the area, or so Robinson hoped. Immersed up to his waist and with the wind whipping up so much water he could taste sea salt, he made it back to safety….