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((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Hurricane Ian – Fort Myers Shop – Luzi
HEADLINE: Florida Ice Cream Shop Withstands Hurricane Ian’s Fury
TEASER: Paleteria Carrucel is still standing, but some of its neighbors were not so lucky
PUBLISHED AT:
BYLINE: Iacopo Luzi
DATELINE: Ft. Myers Florida
VIDEOGRAPHER: Iacopo Luzi
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT EDITORS: Kenochs; Reifenrath
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA SPANISH
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __
TRT:
VID APPROVED BY:
TYPE: TV
EDITOR NOTES:
((INTRO))
[[Hurricane Ian has claimed the lives of dozens of people, with many of those deaths taking place in Lee County, Florida, home to the city of Fort Myers. The city was devastated by wind and water, but a few homes and businesses still managed to survive. For VOA News, reporter Iacopo Luzi has the story of one such business. ]]
((NARRATOR))
Amid the massive destruction caused by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, an ice cream shop still stands.
((María Isabel Ferrer Vélez, Ice Cream Shop Ower)) ((IN SPANISH))
“A lot of loss of restaurants, hotels... we were saying a while ago that we are blessed."
((NARRATOR))
This ice cream shop is called the Paleteria Carrucel, or "popsicle carousel" in English. Ian tore through almost everything. A few meters away from the shop, a gas station collapsed.
((Viviana Huscanga, Daughter of Shop Owner)) ((IN SPANISH))
“I have been living here for 23 years, and this is the biggest tragedy I have ever seen here."
((NARRATOR))
The family lost power and had to throw away all the ice cream. But the owner expressed gratitude in the face of such widespread loss.
((María Isabel Ferrer Vélez, Ice Cream Shop Owner)) ((IN SPANISH))
“That we are going to lose a little, yes. But the material does not matter. What matters here are lives.”
((NARRATOR))
Ferrer Vélez says Fort Myers has a large and strong Hispanic community that will rebuild and thrive.
((María Isabel Ferrer Vélez, Ice Cream Shop Owner))
“This is going to take time, but we’re going to recover. Fortunately, this island has many, many working people. A lot of people. And it will recover with the will of God.”
((NARRATOR))
Sweet consolation in the wake of a devastating natural disaster.
((Iacopo Luzi, for VOA News, Fort Myers, Florida.))
Transcript/ScriptUSAGM SHARE
((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Hurricane Ian – Fort Myers Shop – Luzi
HEADLINE: Florida Ice Cream Shop Withstands Hurricane Ian’s Fury
TEASER: Paleteria Carrucel is still standing, but some of its neighbors were not so lucky
PUBLISHED AT:
BYLINE: Iacopo Luzi
DATELINE: Ft. Myers Florida
VIDEOGRAPHER: Iacopo Luzi
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT EDITORS: Kenochs; Reifenrath
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA SPANISH
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __
TRT:
VID APPROVED BY:
TYPE: TV
EDITOR NOTES:
((INTRO))
[[Hurricane Ian has claimed the lives of dozens of people, with many of those deaths taking place in Lee County, Florida, home to the city of Fort Myers. The city was devastated by wind and water, but a few homes and businesses still managed to survive. For VOA News, reporter Iacopo Luzi has the story of one such business. ]]
((NARRATOR))
Amid the massive destruction caused by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, an ice cream shop still stands.
((María Isabel Ferrer Vélez, Ice Cream Shop Ower)) ((IN SPANISH))
“A lot of loss of restaurants, hotels... we were saying a while ago that we are blessed."
((NARRATOR))
This ice cream shop is called the Paleteria Carrucel, or "popsicle carousel" in English. Ian tore through almost everything. A few meters away from the shop, a gas station collapsed.
((Viviana Huscanga, Daughter of Shop Owner)) ((IN SPANISH))
“I have been living here for 23 years, and this is the biggest tragedy I have ever seen here."
((NARRATOR))
The family lost power and had to throw away all the ice cream. But the owner expressed gratitude in the face of such widespread loss.
((María Isabel Ferrer Vélez, Ice Cream Shop Owner)) ((IN SPANISH))
“That we are going to lose a little, yes. But the material does not matter. What matters here are lives.”
((NARRATOR))
Ferrer Vélez says Fort Myers has a large and strong Hispanic community that will rebuild and thrive.
((María Isabel Ferrer Vélez, Ice Cream Shop Owner))
“This is going to take time, but we’re going to recover. Fortunately, this island has many, many working people. A lot of people. And it will recover with the will of God.”
((NARRATOR))
Sweet consolation in the wake of a devastating natural disaster.
((Iacopo Luzi, for VOA News, Fort Myers, Florida.))
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