Fort Gibson flood victims still recovering

Fort Gibson flood victims still recovering

GIBSON - SOME FAMILIES HAVELEFT, WHILE OTHERS ARE STILLREBUILDING.

ONE FAMILY - HASRUN OUT OF MEANS TOREBUILD... BUT IS STILLFOCUSING ON OTHERS WHO NEEDHELP.

2 WORKS FOR YOU'SCHRIS DIMARIA... SHOWS USHOW AN UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY..HAS GIVEN THEM A NEWPERSPECTIVE ON LIFE.DORIAN STEEBER / FLOODVICTIM: "WHEN WE LEFT, WETHOUGHT WE WOULD COME BACKTO OUR HOMES DRY AND IN GOODSHAPE.

THAT JUST WASN'T THECASE." ONE DAY BEFORE DORIANAND CARLA STEEBER EVACUATEDTHEIR HOME, THE WATER..

WASNOWHERE CLOSE TO THEIRPORCH.DORIAN STEEBER / FLOODVICTIM: "AT THAT STUMP..JUST HERE ABOUT FIVE FEETDOWN." THEY THOUGHT THEROADS MIGHT CLOSE IF THEWATER WENT UP AS EXPECTED,WHICH WAS ABOUT FOUR MOREFEET.

THEY WATCHED FROMAFAR..

AS IT ROSE ANOTHER15.DORIAN STEEBER / FLOODVICTIM: "I CAN ALMOST LAUGHABOUT IT NOW, BECAUSE THERESCUE BOATS THAT WENT BY -THE WAKE OFF OF THOSE BOATSBROKE OUT ALL THE WINDOWS.AND THEN WHEN THE WINDOWSWERE GONE IT WAS THISGIGANTIC WASHING MACHINE."CARLA STEEBER / FLOODVICTIM: "AND YOU CAN LAUGHABOUT THAT STUFF BECAUSEWHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING TODO?" NEIGHBORS CAME IN ONBOATS..IDENTIFYING HOMES BY THEIRROOFS.

THE STEEBERS CHECKEDON THEIR BELONGINGS..

FROMTHE WINDOW ABOVE THEIR BACKDOOR.CARLA STEEBER / FLOODVICTIM: "WHEN WE SAW THAT,WE THOUGHT, 'YOU WEREWHERE?'

UNBELIEVABLE." THESTEEBERS' HOME, AND THE ONENEXT DOOR THAT THEY RESERVEFOR FAMILY..

DESTROYED.

THEYLOST EVERYTHING.BUT WHAT THEY FOUND AMID THERUBBLE..

WAS THE CHANCE TOGIVE TO OTHERS MORE THANEVER BEFORE.DORIAN STEEBER / FLOODVICTIM: "IT HAS PRESENTEDUS OPPORTUNITIES THAT I WILLNEVER HAVE AGAIN TO HELP OURNEIGHBORS AND HELP STRANGERSWE HAD NEVER MET." ONE YEARLATER..

THEY HAVE FAMILYONCE AGAIN LIVING NEXT DOOR,AND A COZY SETUP OF THEIROWN.

BUT THEIR HOUSE OF 19YEARS..

STILL SITS, GUTTED.DORIAN STEEBER / FLOODVICTIM: "WE'RE KIND OF ATTHE END OF OUR ABILITY TO DOANYTHING ELSE, AND WE HAVE ALOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT THATWILL BE PROVIDED FOR US TOO.WE'LL BE OKAY." THE FAMILY'SFAITH - KEEPING THEIR EYESLOOKING FORWARD THROUGH THENEXT YEAR..

HOPING BYMEMORIAL DAY 2021, THEY WILLTRADE THE SAWHORSES FORCOUCHES, AND BE RELAXINGWITH A BIT MORE SPACE.

INFORT GIBSON, CHRIS DIMARIA,2WORKS FOR YOU.THE FAMILY SAYS THEIR